#BD9D39#BD9D39

#BD9D39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.122 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D39
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, 1.05, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 54.50, 88.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0019 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.122 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7836, 35.2302, 8.8908)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D39 #3959BD

analogous

#BD5B39 #BD9D39 #9BBD39

triadic

#BD9D39 #39BD9D #9D39BD

tetradic

#BD9D39 #39BD5B #3959BD #BD399B

square

#BD9D39 #39BD5B #3959BD #BD399B

split-complementary

#BD9D39 #399BBD #5B39BD

monochromatic

#5F4F1D #8E762B #BD9D39 #D0B663 #DECC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD9D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BD9D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D39

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D39	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.122 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b975',
    500: '#bd9d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d39;
$custom-light: #d5b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70673,
    "c": 0.12209,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D39

secondary

#8998C9

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D39

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

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