#BB9924#BB9924

#BB9924 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.132 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9924
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 36)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 80.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, 1.40, 60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 60.99, 88.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.0031 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.132 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2051, 33.4767, 6.4341)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9924 #2446BB

analogous

#BB4D24 #BB9924 #91BB24

triadic

#BB9924 #24BB99 #9924BB

tetradic

#BB9924 #24BB4D #2446BB #BB2491

square

#BB9924 #24BB4D #2446BB #BB2491

split-complementary

#BB9924 #2491BB #4D24BB

monochromatic

#544510 #886F1A #BB9924 #DBB842 #E4CB75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB9924 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BB9924 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9924

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9924	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9924	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9704

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A12C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9924;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.132 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b66a',
    500: '#bb9924',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9924;
$custom-light: #d4b66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9924",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.49,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69494,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9924

secondary

#6F84CC

accent

#64EB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9924

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

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