#BD9D32#BD9D32

#BD9D32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.127 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D32
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 50)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, 0.69, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 57.29, 89.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0038 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.127 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6208, 35.1651, 8.0337)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D32 #3252BD

analogous

#BD5832 #BD9D32 #98BD32

triadic

#BD9D32 #32BD9D #9D32BD

tetradic

#BD9D32 #32BD58 #3252BD #BD3298

square

#BD9D32 #32BD58 #3252BD #BD3298

split-complementary

#BD9D32 #3298BD #5832BD

monochromatic

#5C4D18 #8D7525 #BD9D32 #D3B759 #E0CC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD9D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BD9D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D32

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D32	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)

#AE9B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.127 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b971',
    500: '#bd9d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d32;
$custom-light: #d5b971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70617,
    "c": 0.12674,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D32

secondary

#8192CA

accent

#6AE146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D32

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

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