#BD9F2B#BD9F2B

#BD9F2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.132 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9F2B
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -0.68, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 60.34, 90.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0084 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.132 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8223, 35.7915, 7.4120)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9F2B #2B49BD

analogous

#BD562B #BD9F2B #92BD2B

triadic

#BD9F2B #2BBD9F #9F2BBD

tetradic

#BD9F2B #2BBD56 #2B49BD #BD2B92

square

#BD9F2B #2BBD56 #2B49BD #BD2B92

split-complementary

#BD9F2B #2B92BD #562BBD

monochromatic

#594B14 #8B7520 #BD9F2B #D7BB4E #E2CE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BD9F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BD9F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9F2B

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9F2B	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.132 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb6e',
    500: '#bd9f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9f2b;
$custom-light: #d5bb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.671,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70985,
    "c": 0.13205,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9F2B

secondary

#798ACB

accent

#64E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9F2B

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

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