#BD9F3E#BD9F3E

#BD9F3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.120 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9F3E
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, 0.25, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 52.92, 89.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0036 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.12 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2556, 35.9648, 9.6941)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9F3E #3E5CBD

analogous

#BD603E #BD9F3E #9CBD3E

triadic

#BD9F3E #3EBD9F #9F3EBD

tetradic

#BD9F3E #3EBD60 #3E5CBD #BD3E9C

square

#BD9F3E #3EBD60 #3E5CBD #BD3E9C

split-complementary

#BD9F3E #3E9CBD #603EBD

monochromatic

#615120 #8F782F #BD9F3E #CEB76A #DDCD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BD9F3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BD9F3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9F3E

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9F3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9F3E	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)

#B09D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9f3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.120 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb78',
    500: '#bd9f3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9f3e;
$custom-light: #d4bb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9f3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.827,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71132,
    "c": 0.11967,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9F3E

secondary

#8E9CC9

accent

#6FDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9F3E

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

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