#BD9F40#BD9F40

#BD9F40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.118 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9F40
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, 0.37, 52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 52.06, 89.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.003 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.118 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3115, 35.9872, 9.9885)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9F40 #405EBD

analogous

#BD6140 #BD9F40 #9DBD40

triadic

#BD9F40 #40BD9F #9F40BD

tetradic

#BD9F40 #40BD61 #405EBD #BD409D

square

#BD9F40 #40BD61 #405EBD #BD409D

split-complementary

#BD9F40 #409DBD #6140BD

monochromatic

#625221 #8F7931 #BD9F40 #CDB66D #DDCD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BD9F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#BD9F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9F40

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9F40	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.118 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb79',
    500: '#bd9f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9f40;
$custom-light: #d4bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71151,
    "c": 0.11815,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9F40

secondary

#909EC9

accent

#70D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9F40

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

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