#BD9F37#BD9F37

#BD9F37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.125 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9F37
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, -0.14, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 55.84, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0056 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.125 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0758, 35.8929, 8.7469)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9F37 #3755BD

analogous

#BD5C37 #BD9F37 #98BD37

triadic

#BD9F37 #37BD9F #9F37BD

tetradic

#BD9F37 #37BD5C #3755BD #BD3798

square

#BD9F37 #37BD5C #3755BD #BD3798

split-complementary

#BD9F37 #3798BD #5C37BD

monochromatic

#5E4F1B #8E7729 #BD9F37 #D1B860 #DFCD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BD9F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BD9F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9F37

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9F37	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)

#B09C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.125 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb74',
    500: '#bd9f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9f37;
$custom-light: #d5bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71071,
    "c": 0.12469,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9F37

secondary

#8695C9

accent

#6BDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9F37

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

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