#BD9E41#BD9E41

#BD9E41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.117 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9E41
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, 0.97, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 51.35, 88.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0012 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.117 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1690, 35.6561, 10.0826)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9E41 #4160BD

analogous

#BD6041 #BD9E41 #9EBD41

triadic

#BD9E41 #41BD9E #9E41BD

tetradic

#BD9E41 #41BD60 #4160BD #BD419E

square

#BD9E41 #41BD60 #4160BD #BD419E

split-complementary

#BD9E41 #419EBD #6041BD

monochromatic

#625222 #8F7831 #BD9E41 #CDB56E #DDCD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BD9E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BD9E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9E41

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9E41	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)

#AF9C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.117 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba7a',
    500: '#bd9e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9e41;
$custom-light: #d4ba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70954,
    "c": 0.11675,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9E41

secondary

#919FC9

accent

#72D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9E41

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

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