#BD9F30#BD9F30

#BD9F30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.129 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9F30
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 48)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -0.47, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 58.55, 90.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0073 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.129 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9198, 35.8305, 7.9251)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9F30 #304EBD

analogous

#BD5930 #BD9F30 #95BD30

triadic

#BD9F30 #30BD9F #9F30BD

tetradic

#BD9F30 #30BD59 #304EBD #BD3095

square

#BD9F30 #30BD59 #304EBD #BD3095

split-complementary

#BD9F30 #3095BD #5930BD

monochromatic

#5B4D17 #8C7624 #BD9F30 #D4B956 #E0CD87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BD9F30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BD9F30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9F30

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9F30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9F30	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9f30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.129 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb70',
    500: '#bd9f30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9f30;
$custom-light: #d5bb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9f30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71018,
    "c": 0.12918,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9F30

secondary

#7F8FCA

accent

#67E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9F30

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

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