#BB9824#BB9824

#BB9824 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.131 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9824
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 36)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 80.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, 1.94, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 60.77, 88.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0015 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.131 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0421, 33.1507, 6.3798)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9824 #2447BB

analogous

#BB4C24 #BB9824 #92BB24

triadic

#BB9824 #24BB98 #9824BB

tetradic

#BB9824 #24BB4C #2447BB #BB2492

square

#BB9824 #24BB4C #2447BB #BB2492

split-complementary

#BB9824 #2492BB #4C24BB

monochromatic

#544510 #886E1A #BB9824 #DBB742 #E4CB75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BB9824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BB9824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9824

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9824	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9605

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.131 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b569',
    500: '#bb9824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9824;
$custom-light: #d4b569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.093,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69287,
    "c": 0.13128,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9824

secondary

#6F85CC

accent

#65EB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9824

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

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