#BD9F35#BD9F35

#BD9F35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.126 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9F35
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -0.24, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 56.63, 90.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0061 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.126 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0288, 35.8741, 8.4995)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9F35 #3553BD

analogous

#BD5B35 #BD9F35 #97BD35

triadic

#BD9F35 #35BD9F #9F35BD

tetradic

#BD9F35 #35BD5B #3553BD #BD3597

square

#BD9F35 #35BD5B #3553BD #BD3597

split-complementary

#BD9F35 #3597BD #5B35BD

monochromatic

#5D4F1A #8D7728 #BD9F35 #D2B85D #DFCD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BD9F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BD9F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9F35

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9F35	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)

#B09C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.126 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb73',
    500: '#bd9f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9f35;
$custom-light: #d5bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71055,
    "c": 0.12603,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9F35

secondary

#8494CA

accent

#6ADF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9F35

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

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