#BD9E38#BD9E38

#BD9E38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.123 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BD9E38
RGBrgb(189, 158, 56)
HSLhsl(46, 54%, 48%)
HSVhsv(46, 70%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.4%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(66.18, 0.45, 55.17)
CIE-LCHlch(66.18, 55.17, 89.53°)
OKLaboklab(70.87% -0.0038 0.1233)
OKLCHoklch(70.87% 0.123 91.7)
XYZxyz(33.9287, 35.5600, 8.8173)
Luminance0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BD9E38 #3857BD
analogous
#BD5B38 #BD9E38 #99BD38
triadic
#BD9E38 #38BD9E #9E38BD
tetradic
#BD9E38 #38BD5B #3857BD #BD3899
square
#BD9E38 #38BD5B #3857BD #BD3899
split-complementary
#BD9E38 #3899BD #5B38BD
monochromatic
#5F4F1C #8E772A #BD9E38 #D0B762 #DECC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59
#BD9E38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11
#BD9E38 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9E38
8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BD9E38#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BD9E381.002.598.118.11
#FFFFFF2.591.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1121.001.001.00
##0000008.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AF9C2A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7A53D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CC9189
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bd9e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.123 91.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba74',
    500: '#bd9e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bd9e38;
$custom-light: #d5ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bd9e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.015,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70872,
    "c": 0.12339,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BD9E38
secondary
#8797C9
accent
#6DDE4A
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FBF6ED
border
#D4D0C8
text
#151109
muted
#83807B

Preview Lab

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#BD9E38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva