#BD9F41#BD9F41

#BD9F41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.117 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9F41
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 0.43, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 51.62, 89.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0027 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.117 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3402, 35.9987, 10.1397)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9F41 #415FBD

analogous

#BD6141 #BD9F41 #9DBD41

triadic

#BD9F41 #41BD9F #9F41BD

tetradic

#BD9F41 #41BD61 #415FBD #BD419D

square

#BD9F41 #41BD61 #415FBD #BD419D

split-complementary

#BD9F41 #419DBD #6141BD

monochromatic

#625222 #8F7931 #BD9F41 #CDB66E #DDCD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BD9F41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#BD9F41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9F41

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9F41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9F41	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)

#B09D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9f41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.117 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb7a',
    500: '#bd9f41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9f41;
$custom-light: #d4bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9f41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.484,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71161,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9F41

secondary

#919EC9

accent

#71D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9F41

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

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