#BD9E3D#BD9E3D

#BD9E3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.120 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9E3D
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 0.73, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 53.08, 89.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0024 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.12 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0572, 35.6114, 9.4938)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9E3D #3D5CBD

analogous

#BD5E3D #BD9E3D #9CBD3D

triadic

#BD9E3D #3DBD9E #9E3DBD

tetradic

#BD9E3D #3DBD5E #3D5CBD #BD3D9C

square

#BD9E3D #3DBD5E #3D5CBD #BD3D9C

split-complementary

#BD9E3D #3D9CBD #5E3DBD

monochromatic

#60511F #8F772E #BD9E3D #CEB669 #DDCC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BD9E3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BD9E3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9E3D

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9E3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9E3D	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9e3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.120 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba77',
    500: '#bd9e3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9e3d;
$custom-light: #d4ba77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9e3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.469,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70915,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9E3D

secondary

#8D9BC9

accent

#6FDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9E3D

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

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