#BD9D33#BD9D33

#BD9D33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.126 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D33
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, 0.74, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 56.90, 89.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0035 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.126 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6426, 35.1738, 8.1485)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D33 #3353BD

analogous

#BD5833 #BD9D33 #98BD33

triadic

#BD9D33 #33BD9D #9D33BD

tetradic

#BD9D33 #33BD58 #3353BD #BD3398

square

#BD9D33 #33BD58 #3353BD #BD3398

split-complementary

#BD9D33 #3398BD #5833BD

monochromatic

#5D4D19 #8D7526 #BD9D33 #D3B75B #E0CC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD9D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BD9D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D33

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D33	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)

#AE9B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.126 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b972',
    500: '#bd9d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d33;
$custom-light: #d5b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70624,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D33

secondary

#8293CA

accent

#6BE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D33

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

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