#BB9727#BB9727

#BB9727 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.129 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9727
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 39)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 79.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, 2.59, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 59.58, 87.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% 0.0006 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.129 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9283, 32.8466, 6.5774)
Luminance	0.3284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9727 #274BBB

analogous

#BB4D27 #BB9727 #95BB27

triadic

#BB9727 #27BB97 #9727BB

tetradic

#BB9727 #27BB4D #274BBB #BB2795

square

#BB9727 #27BB4D #274BBB #BB2795

split-complementary

#BB9727 #2795BB #4D27BB

monochromatic

#564512 #886E1C #BB9727 #D9B547 #E3C979

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BB9727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#BB9727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9727

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9727	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9950E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.129 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b56b',
    500: '#bb9727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9727;
$custom-light: #d4b56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69098,
    "c": 0.12928,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9727

secondary

#7388CB

accent

#68E83F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9727

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

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