#BD9F34#BD9F34

#BD9F34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.127 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9F34
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -0.29, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 57.03, 90.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0063 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.127 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0061, 35.8650, 8.3796)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9F34 #3452BD

analogous

#BD5A34 #BD9F34 #97BD34

triadic

#BD9F34 #34BD9F #9F34BD

tetradic

#BD9F34 #34BD5A #3452BD #BD3497

square

#BD9F34 #34BD5A #3452BD #BD3497

split-complementary

#BD9F34 #3497BD #5A34BD

monochromatic

#5D4E1A #8D7727 #BD9F34 #D2B85C #DFCD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BD9F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BD9F34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9F34

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9F34	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)

#B09C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.127 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb72',
    500: '#bd9f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9f34;
$custom-light: #d5bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.861,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71047,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9F34

secondary

#8393CA

accent

#69E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9F34

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

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