#BD9E35#BD9E35

#BD9E35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.125 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9E35
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, 0.30, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 56.37, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0045 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.125 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8576, 35.5316, 8.4424)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9E35 #3554BD

analogous

#BD5A35 #BD9E35 #98BD35

triadic

#BD9E35 #35BD9E #9E35BD

tetradic

#BD9E35 #35BD5A #3554BD #BD3598

square

#BD9E35 #35BD5A #3554BD #BD3598

split-complementary

#BD9E35 #3598BD #5A35BD

monochromatic

#5D4E1A #8D7628 #BD9E35 #D2B75D #DFCC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BD9E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BD9E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9E35

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9E35	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.125 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba73',
    500: '#bd9e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9e35;
$custom-light: #d5ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.324,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70847,
    "c": 0.12541,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9E35

secondary

#8494CA

accent

#6BDF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9E35

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

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