#BD9E2C#BD9E2C

#BD9E2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.131 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9E2C
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 44)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -0.11, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 59.74, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0067 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.131 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6696, 35.4564, 7.4527)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9E2C #2C4BBD

analogous

#BD552C #BD9E2C #94BD2C

triadic

#BD9E2C #2CBD9E #9E2CBD

tetradic

#BD9E2C #2CBD55 #2C4BBD #BD2C94

square

#BD9E2C #2CBD55 #2C4BBD #BD2C94

split-complementary

#BD9E2C #2C94BD #552CBD

monochromatic

#5A4B15 #8B7420 #BD9E2C #D6BA50 #E2CD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BD9E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BD9E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9E2C

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9E2C	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)

#B09B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.131 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba6e',
    500: '#bd9e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9e2c;
$custom-light: #d5ba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.172,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70783,
    "c": 0.13088,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9E2C

secondary

#7A8BCB

accent

#65E542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9E2C

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

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