#BD9D35#BD9D35

#BD9D35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.125 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D35
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, 0.84, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 56.12, 89.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.003 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.125 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6877, 35.1918, 8.3858)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D35 #3555BD

analogous

#BD5935 #BD9D35 #99BD35

triadic

#BD9D35 #35BD9D #9D35BD

tetradic

#BD9D35 #35BD59 #3555BD #BD3599

square

#BD9D35 #35BD59 #3555BD #BD3599

split-complementary

#BD9D35 #3599BD #5935BD

monochromatic

#5D4E1A #8D7528 #BD9D35 #D2B65D #DFCC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD9D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BD9D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D35

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D35	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.125 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b973',
    500: '#bd9d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d35;
$custom-light: #d5b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7064,
    "c": 0.12481,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D35

secondary

#8495CA

accent

#6CDF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D35

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

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