#BD9E2A#BD9E2A

#BD9E2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.132 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9E2A
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 42)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -0.19, 60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 60.44, 90.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0071 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.132 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6330, 35.4417, 7.2595)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9E2A #2A49BD

analogous

#BD552A #BD9E2A #92BD2A

triadic

#BD9E2A #2ABD9E #9E2ABD

tetradic

#BD9E2A #2ABD55 #2A49BD #BD2A92

square

#BD9E2A #2ABD55 #2A49BD #BD2A92

split-complementary

#BD9E2A #2A92BD #552ABD

monochromatic

#594A14 #8B741F #BD9E2A #D7BA4D #E3CE7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BD9E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BD9E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9E2A

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9E2A	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.132 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba6d',
    500: '#bd9e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9e2a;
$custom-light: #d5ba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.347,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7077,
    "c": 0.13198,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9E2A

secondary

#7889CB

accent

#64E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9E2A

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

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