#BD9F36#BD9F36

#BD9F36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.125 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9F36
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -0.19, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 56.24, 90.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0058 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.125 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0521, 35.8834, 8.6219)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9F36 #3654BD

analogous

#BD5C36 #BD9F36 #97BD36

triadic

#BD9F36 #36BD9F #9F36BD

tetradic

#BD9F36 #36BD5C #3654BD #BD3697

square

#BD9F36 #36BD5C #3654BD #BD3697

split-complementary

#BD9F36 #3697BD #5C36BD

monochromatic

#5E4F1B #8D7728 #BD9F36 #D1B85F #DFCD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BD9F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BD9F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9F36

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9F36	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.125 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb73',
    500: '#bd9f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9f36;
$custom-light: #d5bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71063,
    "c": 0.12537,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9F36

secondary

#8594C9

accent

#6ADF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9F36

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

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