#BD9F22#BD9F22

#BD9F22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.136 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9F22
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -1.00, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 63.22, 90.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0102 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.136 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6751, 35.7326, 6.6364)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9F22 #2240BD

analogous

#BD5122 #BD9F22 #8DBD22

triadic

#BD9F22 #22BD9F #9F22BD

tetradic

#BD9F22 #22BD51 #2240BD #BD228D

square

#BD9F22 #22BD51 #2240BD #BD228D

split-complementary

#BD9F22 #228DBD #5122BD

monochromatic

#55480F #897319 #BD9F22 #DDBE40 #E6D073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BD9F22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BD9F22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9F22

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9F22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9F22	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A52B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9f22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.136 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba6a',
    500: '#bd9f22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9f22;
$custom-light: #d5ba6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9f22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70935,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9F22

secondary

#6E80CD

accent

#5EEC3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9F22

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

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