#BD9F38#BD9F38

#BD9F38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.124 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9F38
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -0.08, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 55.43, 90.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0053 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.124 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1000, 35.9026, 8.8744)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9F38 #3856BD

analogous

#BD5C38 #BD9F38 #98BD38

triadic

#BD9F38 #38BD9F #9F38BD

tetradic

#BD9F38 #38BD5C #3856BD #BD3898

square

#BD9F38 #38BD5C #3856BD #BD3898

split-complementary

#BD9F38 #3898BD #5C38BD

monochromatic

#5F501C #8E772A #BD9F38 #D0B762 #DECD91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BD9F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BD9F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9F38

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9F38	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)

#B09C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.124 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb75',
    500: '#bd9f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9f38;
$custom-light: #d5bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71079,
    "c": 0.124,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9F38

secondary

#8796C9

accent

#6BDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9F38

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

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