#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
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 0.45, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 55.17, 89.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.0038 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.123 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9287, 35.5600, 8.8173)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##BD9E38	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)

#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

Preview with #BD9E38

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

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