#BD9E33#BD9E33

#BD9E33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.127 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9E33
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, 0.20, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 57.16, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0051 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.127 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8125, 35.5135, 8.2052)
Luminance	0.3551 (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

#BD9E33 #3352BD

analogous

#BD5933 #BD9E33 #97BD33

triadic

#BD9E33 #33BD9E #9E33BD

tetradic

#BD9E33 #33BD59 #3352BD #BD3397

square

#BD9E33 #33BD59 #3352BD #BD3397

split-complementary

#BD9E33 #3397BD #5933BD

monochromatic

#5D4D19 #8D7626 #BD9E33 #D3B85B #E0CD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BD9E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BD9E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9E33

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9E33	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)

#AF9C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.127 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba72',
    500: '#bd9e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9e33;
$custom-light: #d5ba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.522,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70832,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9E33

secondary

#8292CA

accent

#6AE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9E33

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

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