#BD9D3D#BD9D3D

#BD9D3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.119 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D3D
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 1.27, 52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 52.82, 88.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0008 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.119 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8873, 35.2717, 9.4372)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D3D #3D5DBD

analogous

#BD5D3D #BD9D3D #9DBD3D

triadic

#BD9D3D #3DBD9D #9D3DBD

tetradic

#BD9D3D #3DBD5D #3D5DBD #BD3D9D

square

#BD9D3D #3DBD5D #3D5DBD #BD3D9D

split-complementary

#BD9D3D #3D9DBD #5D3DBD

monochromatic

#60501F #8F772E #BD9D3D #CEB569 #DDCC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD9D3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BD9D3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D3D

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D3D	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)

#AE9B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.119 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b977',
    500: '#bd9d3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d3d;
$custom-light: #d4b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70708,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D3D

secondary

#8D9CC9

accent

#71DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D3D

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

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