#BD9D37#BD9D37

#BD9D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.123 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D37
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 0.94, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 55.31, 89.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0025 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.123 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7347, 35.2106, 8.6332)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D37 #3757BD

analogous

#BD5A37 #BD9D37 #9ABD37

triadic

#BD9D37 #37BD9D #9D37BD

tetradic

#BD9D37 #37BD5A #3757BD #BD379A

square

#BD9D37 #37BD5A #3757BD #BD379A

split-complementary

#BD9D37 #379ABD #5A37BD

monochromatic

#5E4E1B #8E7629 #BD9D37 #D1B660 #DFCC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD9D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BD9D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D37

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D37	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)

#AE9B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.123 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b974',
    500: '#bd9d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d37;
$custom-light: #d5b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70656,
    "c": 0.12346,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D37

secondary

#8696C9

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D37

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

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