#BD9E37#BD9E37

#BD9E37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.124 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9E37
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 0.40, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 55.57, 89.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.004 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.124 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9045, 35.5504, 8.6898)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9E37 #3756BD

analogous

#BD5B37 #BD9E37 #99BD37

triadic

#BD9E37 #37BD9E #9E37BD

tetradic

#BD9E37 #37BD5B #3756BD #BD3799

square

#BD9E37 #37BD5B #3756BD #BD3799

split-complementary

#BD9E37 #3799BD #5B37BD

monochromatic

#5E4F1B #8E7629 #BD9E37 #D1B760 #DFCC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BD9E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BD9E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9E37

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9E37	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)

#AF9C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.124 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba74',
    500: '#bd9e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9e37;
$custom-light: #d5ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.119,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70863,
    "c": 0.12407,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9E37

secondary

#8696C9

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9E37

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

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