#BD9F32#BD9F32

#BD9F32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.128 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9F32
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 50)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -0.38, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 57.80, 90.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0068 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.128 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9620, 35.8474, 8.1474)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9F32 #3250BD

analogous

#BD5932 #BD9F32 #96BD32

triadic

#BD9F32 #32BD9F #9F32BD

tetradic

#BD9F32 #32BD59 #3250BD #BD3296

square

#BD9F32 #32BD59 #3250BD #BD3296

split-complementary

#BD9F32 #3296BD #5932BD

monochromatic

#5C4E18 #8D7625 #BD9F32 #D3B959 #E0CD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BD9F32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BD9F32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9F32

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9F32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9F32	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)

#B09C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9f32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.128 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb71',
    500: '#bd9f32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9f32;
$custom-light: #d5bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9f32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.05,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71032,
    "c": 0.12795,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9F32

secondary

#8191CA

accent

#68E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9F32

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

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