#BB9827#BB9827

#BB9827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.130 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9827
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 39)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 79.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, 2.05, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 59.79, 88.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% -0.001 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.13 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0899, 33.1698, 6.6313)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9827 #274ABB

analogous

#BB4E27 #BB9827 #94BB27

triadic

#BB9827 #27BB98 #9827BB

tetradic

#BB9827 #27BB4E #274ABB #BB2794

square

#BB9827 #27BB4E #274ABB #BB2794

split-complementary

#BB9827 #2794BB #4E27BB

monochromatic

#564612 #886F1C #BB9827 #D9B647 #E3CA79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BB9827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BB9827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9827

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9827	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)

#AA960E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.130 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b56b',
    500: '#bb9827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9827;
$custom-light: #d4b56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.811,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69304,
    "c": 0.12979,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9827

secondary

#7388CB

accent

#67E83F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9827

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

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