#BB9729#BB9729

#BB9729 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.128 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9729
RGB	rgb(187, 151, 41)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 78.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, 2.67, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 58.89, 87.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% 0.001 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.128 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9623, 32.8602, 6.7566)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9729 #294DBB

analogous

#BB4E29 #BB9729 #96BB29

triadic

#BB9729 #29BB97 #9729BB

tetradic

#BB9729 #29BB4E #294DBB #BB2996

square

#BB9729 #29BB4E #294DBB #BB2996

split-complementary

#BB9729 #2996BB #4E29BB

monochromatic

#574613 #896E1E #BB9729 #D7B44A #E2C97C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BB9729 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#BB9729 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9729

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9729	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9729	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)

#A99513

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9729;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 151, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.128 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b56c',
    500: '#bb9729',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9729;
$custom-light: #d4b56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9729",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 64.035,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6911,
    "c": 0.12823,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9729

secondary

#758ACB

accent

#6AE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9729

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

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