#BD9F2C#BD9F2C

#BD9F2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.132 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9F2C
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 44)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -0.64, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 59.99, 90.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0082 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.132 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8409, 35.7989, 7.5098)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9F2C #2C4ABD

analogous

#BD562C #BD9F2C #92BD2C

triadic

#BD9F2C #2CBD9F #9F2CBD

tetradic

#BD9F2C #2CBD56 #2C4ABD #BD2C92

square

#BD9F2C #2CBD56 #2C4ABD #BD2C92

split-complementary

#BD9F2C #2C92BD #562CBD

monochromatic

#5A4B15 #8B7520 #BD9F2C #D6BA50 #E2CE82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BD9F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BD9F2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9F2C

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9F2C	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)

#B19C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.132 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb6e',
    500: '#bd9f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9f2c;
$custom-light: #d5bb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70991,
    "c": 0.1315,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9F2C

secondary

#7A8BCB

accent

#64E542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9F2C

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

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