#BD9F2F#BD9F2F

#BD9F2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.130 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9F2F
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 47)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 75.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -0.52, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 58.92, 90.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0076 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.13 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8994, 35.8223, 7.8176)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9F2F #2F4DBD

analogous

#BD582F #BD9F2F #94BD2F

triadic

#BD9F2F #2FBD9F #9F2FBD

tetradic

#BD9F2F #2FBD58 #2F4DBD #BD2F94

square

#BD9F2F #2FBD58 #2F4DBD #BD2F94

split-complementary

#BD9F2F #2F94BD #582FBD

monochromatic

#5B4D17 #8C7623 #BD9F2F #D5BA55 #E1CE86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BD9F2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BD9F2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9F2F

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9F2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9F2F	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)

#B09C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9f2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.130 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb70',
    500: '#bd9f2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9f2f;
$custom-light: #d5bb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9f2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.324,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71011,
    "c": 0.12978,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9F2F

secondary

#7E8ECA

accent

#66E344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9F2F

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

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