#BB9932#BB9932

#BB9932 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.124 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9932
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 50)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, 1.97, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 56.02, 87.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% 0 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.124 90)
XYZ	xyz(32.4623, 33.5796, 7.7887)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9932 #3254BB

analogous

#BB5432 #BB9932 #99BB32

triadic

#BB9932 #32BB99 #9932BB

tetradic

#BB9932 #32BB54 #3254BB #BB3299

square

#BB9932 #32BB54 #3254BB #BB3299

split-complementary

#BB9932 #3299BB #5432BB

monochromatic

#5A4A18 #8B7125 #BB9932 #D2B458 #DFCA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB9932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BB9932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9932

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9932	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.124 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b671',
    500: '#bb9932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9932;
$custom-light: #d3b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.109,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69585,
    "c": 0.12402,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.33578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9932

secondary

#8092C9

accent

#6DE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9932

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

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