#BD9F2D#BD9F2D

#BD9F2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.131 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9F2D
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 45)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 76.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -0.60, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 59.64, 90.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.008 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.131 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8599, 35.8065, 7.6100)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9F2D #2D4BBD

analogous

#BD572D #BD9F2D #93BD2D

triadic

#BD9F2D #2DBD9F #9F2DBD

tetradic

#BD9F2D #2DBD57 #2D4BBD #BD2D93

square

#BD9F2D #2DBD57 #2D4BBD #BD2D93

split-complementary

#BD9F2D #2D93BD #572DBD

monochromatic

#5A4C15 #8C7521 #BD9F2D #D6BA52 #E1CE83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BD9F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BD9F2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9F2D

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9F2D	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)

#B19C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.131 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb6f',
    500: '#bd9f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9f2d;
$custom-light: #d5bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70998,
    "c": 0.13094,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9F2D

secondary

#7B8CCB

accent

#65E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9F2D

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

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