#BB9520#BB9520

#BB9520 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.132 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9520
RGB	rgb(187, 149, 32)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 83%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 82.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, 3.44, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 61.38, 86.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% 0.0024 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.132 89)
XYZ	xyz(31.5037, 32.1661, 5.9156)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9520 #2046BB

analogous

#BB4720 #BB9520 #94BB20

triadic

#BB9520 #20BB95 #9520BB

tetradic

#BB9520 #20BB47 #2046BB #BB2094

square

#BB9520 #20BB47 #2046BB #BB2094

split-complementary

#BB9520 #2094BB #4720BB

monochromatic

#52420E #876B17 #BB9520 #DDB63B #E6C96F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BB9520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#BB9520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9520

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9520	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 149, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.132 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b367',
    500: '#bb9520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9520;
$custom-light: #d4b367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.29,
    "s": 70.776,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68648,
    "c": 0.13161,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.32164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9520

secondary

#6A82CD

accent

#66EE3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9520

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

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