#BB992B#BB992B

#BB992B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.128 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB992B
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 77%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, 1.66, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 58.64, 88.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.0016 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.128 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3227, 33.5237, 7.0533)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB992B #2B4DBB

analogous

#BB512B #BB992B #95BB2B

triadic

#BB992B #2BBB99 #992BBB

tetradic

#BB992B #2BBB51 #2B4DBB #BB2B95

square

#BB992B #2BBB51 #2B4DBB #BB2B95

split-complementary

#BB992B #2B95BB #512BBB

monochromatic

#574814 #897020 #BB992B #D6B64D #E2CA7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB992B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BB992B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB992B

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB992B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB992B	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb992b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.128 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b66d',
    500: '#bb992b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb992b;
$custom-light: #d4b66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb992b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.833,
    "s": 62.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69536,
    "c": 0.12819,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB992B

secondary

#788BCA

accent

#69E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB992B

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

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