#BD9E30#BD9E30

#BD9E30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.129 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9E30
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 48)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, 0.06, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 58.29, 89.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.0058 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.129 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7485, 35.4879, 7.8680)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9E30 #304FBD

analogous

#BD5830 #BD9E30 #96BD30

triadic

#BD9E30 #30BD9E #9E30BD

tetradic

#BD9E30 #30BD58 #304FBD #BD3096

square

#BD9E30 #30BD58 #304FBD #BD3096

split-complementary

#BD9E30 #3096BD #5830BD

monochromatic

#5B4C17 #8C7524 #BD9E30 #D4B856 #E0CD87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BD9E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BD9E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9E30

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9E30	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.129 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba70',
    500: '#bd9e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9e30;
$custom-light: #d5ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.809,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7081,
    "c": 0.12856,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9E30

secondary

#7F8FCA

accent

#68E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9E30

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

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