#BD9D36#BD9D36

#BD9D36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.124 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D36
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, 0.89, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 55.72, 89.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0027 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.124 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7109, 35.2011, 8.5082)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D36 #3656BD

analogous

#BD5A36 #BD9D36 #99BD36

triadic

#BD9D36 #36BD9D #9D36BD

tetradic

#BD9D36 #36BD5A #3656BD #BD3699

square

#BD9D36 #36BD5A #3656BD #BD3699

split-complementary

#BD9D36 #3699BD #5A36BD

monochromatic

#5E4E1B #8D7528 #BD9D36 #D1B65F #DFCC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD9D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BD9D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D36

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D36	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)

#AE9B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.124 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b973',
    500: '#bd9d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d36;
$custom-light: #d5b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70648,
    "c": 0.12414,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D36

secondary

#8595C9

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D36

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

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