#BD9E2B#BD9E2B

#BD9E2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.131 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BD9E2B
RGBrgb(189, 158, 43)
HSLhsl(47, 63%, 45%)
HSVhsv(47, 77%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.4%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(66.10, -0.15, 60.09)
CIE-LCHlch(66.10, 60.09, 90.14°)
OKLaboklab(70.78% -0.0069 0.1313)
OKLCHoklch(70.78% 0.131 93)
XYZxyz(33.6511, 35.4490, 7.3549)
Luminance0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BD9E2B #2B4ABD
analogous
#BD552B #BD9E2B #93BD2B
triadic
#BD9E2B #2BBD9E #9E2BBD
tetradic
#BD9E2B #2BBD55 #2B4ABD #BD2B93
square
#BD9E2B #2BBD55 #2B4ABD #BD2B93
split-complementary
#BD9E2B #2B93BD #552BBD
monochromatic
#594B14 #8B7420 #BD9E2B #D7BA4E #E2CD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60
#BD9E2B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09
#BD9E2B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9E2B
8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BD9E2B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BD9E2B1.002.608.098.09
#FFFFFF2.601.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0921.001.001.00
##0000008.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B09B14
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7A432
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CD9188
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bd9e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.131 93.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba6e',
    500: '#bd9e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bd9e2b;
$custom-light: #d5ba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bd9e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.26,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70777,
    "c": 0.13144,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.35447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BD9E2B
secondary
#798ACB
accent
#65E642
background
#FDFBF6
surface
#FBF6EC
border
#D4D0C7
text
#151108
muted
#83807B

Preview Lab

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#BD9E2B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva