#BB9931#BB9931

#BB9931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.125 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9931
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, 1.92, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 56.41, 88.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0002 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.125 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4410, 33.5710, 7.6763)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9931 #3153BB

analogous

#BB5431 #BB9931 #98BB31

triadic

#BB9931 #31BB99 #9931BB

tetradic

#BB9931 #31BB54 #3153BB #BB3198

square

#BB9931 #31BB54 #3153BB #BB3198

split-complementary

#BB9931 #3198BB #5431BB

monochromatic

#5A4A18 #8B7124 #BB9931 #D3B456 #E0CA87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB9931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BB9931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9931

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9931	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	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)

#AB9721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.125 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b670',
    500: '#bb9931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9931;
$custom-light: #d4b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69577,
    "c": 0.12465,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9931

secondary

#7F91C9

accent

#6CE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9931

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

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