#BD9F3C#BD9F3C

#BD9F3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.121 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9F3C
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 60)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 0.13, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 53.78, 89.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0042 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.121 92)
XYZ	xyz(34.2018, 35.9433, 9.4104)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9F3C #3C5ABD

analogous

#BD5F3C #BD9F3C #9BBD3C

triadic

#BD9F3C #3CBD9F #9F3CBD

tetradic

#BD9F3C #3CBD5F #3C5ABD #BD3C9B

square

#BD9F3C #3CBD5F #3C5ABD #BD3C9B

split-complementary

#BD9F3C #3C9BBD #5F3CBD

monochromatic

#60511F #8F782D #BD9F3C #CFB767 #DECD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BD9F3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BD9F3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9F3C

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9F3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9F3C	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9f3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.121 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb77',
    500: '#bd9f3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9f3c;
$custom-light: #d4bb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9f3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71114,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.35941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9F3C

secondary

#8C9AC9

accent

#6EDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9F3C

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

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