#BD9E34#BD9E34

#BD9E34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.126 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9E34
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 52)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, 0.25, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 56.77, 89.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0048 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.126 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8348, 35.5225, 8.3225)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9E34 #3453BD

analogous

#BD5934 #BD9E34 #98BD34

triadic

#BD9E34 #34BD9E #9E34BD

tetradic

#BD9E34 #34BD59 #3453BD #BD3498

square

#BD9E34 #34BD59 #3453BD #BD3498

split-complementary

#BD9E34 #3498BD #5934BD

monochromatic

#5D4E1A #8D7627 #BD9E34 #D2B75C #DFCD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BD9E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BD9E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9E34

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9E34	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)

#AF9C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.126 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba72',
    500: '#bd9e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9e34;
$custom-light: #d5ba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.423,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70839,
    "c": 0.12606,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9E34

secondary

#8393CA

accent

#6AE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9E34

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

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