#BD9D31#BD9D31

#BD9D31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.127 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D31
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 0.65, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 57.67, 89.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.004 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.127 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5995, 35.1565, 7.9213)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D31 #3151BD

analogous

#BD5731 #BD9D31 #97BD31

triadic

#BD9D31 #31BD9D #9D31BD

tetradic

#BD9D31 #31BD57 #3151BD #BD3197

square

#BD9D31 #31BD57 #3151BD #BD3197

split-complementary

#BD9D31 #3197BD #5731BD

monochromatic

#5C4C18 #8C7524 #BD9D31 #D4B758 #E0CC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD9D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BD9D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D31

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D31	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.127 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b970',
    500: '#bd9d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d31;
$custom-light: #d5b970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7061,
    "c": 0.12735,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D31

secondary

#8091CA

accent

#69E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D31

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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