#BD9F33#BD9F33

#BD9F33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.127 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9F33
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -0.34, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 57.41, 90.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0066 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.127 93)
XYZ	xyz(33.9838, 35.8561, 8.2623)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9F33 #3351BD

analogous

#BD5A33 #BD9F33 #96BD33

triadic

#BD9F33 #33BD9F #9F33BD

tetradic

#BD9F33 #33BD5A #3351BD #BD3396

square

#BD9F33 #33BD5A #3351BD #BD3396

split-complementary

#BD9F33 #3396BD #5A33BD

monochromatic

#5D4E19 #8D7626 #BD9F33 #D3B95B #E0CD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BD9F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BD9F33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9F33

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9F33	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)

#B09C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.127 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb72',
    500: '#bd9f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9f33;
$custom-light: #d5bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7104,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.35854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9F33

secondary

#8292CA

accent

#68E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9F33

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

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