#BD9D3C#BD9D3C

#BD9D3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.120 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D3C
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 60)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, 1.21, 53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 53.24, 88.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0011 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.12 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8606, 35.2610, 9.2967)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D3C #3C5CBD

analogous

#BD5D3C #BD9D3C #9DBD3C

triadic

#BD9D3C #3CBD9D #9D3CBD

tetradic

#BD9D3C #3CBD5D #3C5CBD #BD3C9D

square

#BD9D3C #3CBD5D #3C5CBD #BD3C9D

split-complementary

#BD9D3C #3C9DBD #5D3CBD

monochromatic

#60501F #8F762D #BD9D3C #CFB567 #DECC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD9D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BD9D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D3C

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D3C	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)

#AE9B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.120 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b977',
    500: '#bd9d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d3c;
$custom-light: #d4b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.116,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70699,
    "c": 0.11994,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D3C

secondary

#8C9BC9

accent

#70DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D3C

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

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