#BB992C#BB992C

#BB992C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.128 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB992C
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 76.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, 1.70, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 58.28, 88.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.0014 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.128 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3413, 33.5311, 7.1511)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB992C #2C4EBB

analogous

#BB512C #BB992C #96BB2C

triadic

#BB992C #2CBB99 #992CBB

tetradic

#BB992C #2CBB51 #2C4EBB #BB2C96

square

#BB992C #2CBB51 #2C4EBB #BB2C96

split-complementary

#BB992C #2C96BB #512CBB

monochromatic

#584815 #897020 #BB992C #D6B54F #E1CA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BB992C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BB992C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB992C

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB992C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB992C	1.00	2.73	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb992c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.128 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b66d',
    500: '#bb992c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb992c;
$custom-light: #d4b66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb992c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.734,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69542,
    "c": 0.12763,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB992C

secondary

#798CCA

accent

#69E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB992C

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

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