#BD9E40#BD9E40

#BD9E40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.118 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9E40
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, 0.91, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 51.79, 88.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0015 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.118 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1403, 35.6446, 9.9314)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9E40 #405FBD

analogous

#BD6040 #BD9E40 #9EBD40

triadic

#BD9E40 #40BD9E #9E40BD

tetradic

#BD9E40 #40BD60 #405FBD #BD409E

square

#BD9E40 #40BD60 #405FBD #BD409E

split-complementary

#BD9E40 #409EBD #6040BD

monochromatic

#625221 #8F7831 #BD9E40 #CDB56D #DDCC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BD9E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BD9E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9E40

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9E40	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.118 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba79',
    500: '#bd9e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9e40;
$custom-light: #d4ba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.12,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70944,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9E40

secondary

#909EC9

accent

#71D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9E40

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

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