#BB9933#BB9933

#BB9933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.123 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9933
RGB	rgb(187, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, 2.02, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 55.63, 87.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% 0.0003 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.123 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4841, 33.5883, 7.9035)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9933 #3355BB

analogous

#BB5533 #BB9933 #99BB33

triadic

#BB9933 #33BB99 #9933BB

tetradic

#BB9933 #33BB55 #3355BB #BB3399

square

#BB9933 #33BB55 #3355BB #BB3399

split-complementary

#BB9933 #3399BB #5533BB

monochromatic

#5B4A19 #8B7226 #BB9933 #D2B459 #DFCA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BB9933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BB9933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9933

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9933	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)

#AA9724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.123 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b671',
    500: '#bb9933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9933;
$custom-light: #d3b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69593,
    "c": 0.12338,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9933

secondary

#8193C9

accent

#6EE047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9933

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

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