#BB9620#BB9620

#BB9620 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.132 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9620
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 32)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 83%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 82.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, 2.90, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 61.58, 87.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% 0.0008 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.132 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6626, 32.4839, 5.9686)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9620 #2045BB

analogous

#BB4820 #BB9620 #93BB20

triadic

#BB9620 #20BB96 #9620BB

tetradic

#BB9620 #20BB48 #2045BB #BB2093

square

#BB9620 #20BB48 #2045BB #BB2093

split-complementary

#BB9620 #2093BB #4820BB

monochromatic

#52420E #876C17 #BB9620 #DDB73B #E6CA6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BB9620 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#BB9620 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9620

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9620	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9620	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9620;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.132 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b467',
    500: '#bb9620',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9620;
$custom-light: #d4b467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9620",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.677,
    "s": 70.776,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68854,
    "c": 0.13208,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9620

secondary

#6A82CD

accent

#65EE3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9620

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

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