#BD9E32#BD9E32

#BD9E32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.127 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9E32
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 50)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, 0.16, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 57.54, 89.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0053 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.127 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7907, 35.5048, 8.0903)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9E32 #3251BD

analogous

#BD5932 #BD9E32 #97BD32

triadic

#BD9E32 #32BD9E #9E32BD

tetradic

#BD9E32 #32BD59 #3251BD #BD3297

square

#BD9E32 #32BD59 #3251BD #BD3297

split-complementary

#BD9E32 #3297BD #5932BD

monochromatic

#5C4D18 #8D7625 #BD9E32 #D3B859 #E0CD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BD9E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BD9E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9E32

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9E32	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)

#AF9C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.127 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba71',
    500: '#bd9e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9e32;
$custom-light: #d5ba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.619,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70824,
    "c": 0.12733,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9E32

secondary

#8191CA

accent

#69E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9E32

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

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