#BD9F3A#BD9F3A

#BD9F3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.123 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9F3A
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, 0.02, 54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 54.61, 89.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0048 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.123 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1499, 35.9225, 9.1372)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9F3A #3A58BD

analogous

#BD5E3A #BD9F3A #99BD3A

triadic

#BD9F3A #3ABD9F #9F3ABD

tetradic

#BD9F3A #3ABD5E #3A58BD #BD3A99

square

#BD9F3A #3ABD5E #3A58BD #BD3A99

split-complementary

#BD9F3A #3A99BD #5E3ABD

monochromatic

#5F501D #8E782C #BD9F3A #D0B765 #DECD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BD9F3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BD9F3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9F3A

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9F3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9F3A	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)

#B09D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9f3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.123 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb76',
    500: '#bd9f3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9f3a;
$custom-light: #d5bb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9f3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.26,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71096,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9F3A

secondary

#8A98C9

accent

#6DDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9F3A

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

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