#BB9627#BB9627

#BB9627 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.129 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9627
RGB	rgb(187, 150, 39)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 79.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, 3.13, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 59.37, 86.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% 0.0022 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.129 89)
XYZ	xyz(31.7680, 32.5261, 6.5240)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9627 #274CBB

analogous

#BB4C27 #BB9627 #96BB27

triadic

#BB9627 #27BB96 #9627BB

tetradic

#BB9627 #27BB4C #274CBB #BB2796

square

#BB9627 #27BB4C #274CBB #BB2796

split-complementary

#BB9627 #2796BB #4C27BB

monochromatic

#564512 #886D1C #BB9627 #D9B447 #E3C979

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BB9627 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#BB9627 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9627

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9627	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9627	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)

#A8950F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9627;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 150, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.129 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b46b',
    500: '#bb9627',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9627;
$custom-light: #d4b46b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9627",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68892,
    "c": 0.12879,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.32524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9627

secondary

#7389CB

accent

#6AE83F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9627

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

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