#BB9A24#BB9A24

#BB9A24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.132 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9A24
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 36)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 80.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 0.86, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 61.21, 89.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% -0.0046 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.132 92)
XYZ	xyz(32.3695, 33.8054, 6.4889)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9A24 #2445BB

analogous

#BB4E24 #BB9A24 #90BB24

triadic

#BB9A24 #24BB9A #9A24BB

tetradic

#BB9A24 #24BB4E #2445BB #BB2490

square

#BB9A24 #24BB4E #2445BB #BB2490

split-complementary

#BB9A24 #2490BB #4E24BB

monochromatic

#544510 #88701A #BB9A24 #DBB942 #E4CC75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BB9A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BB9A24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9A24

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9A24	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9804

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.132 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b76a',
    500: '#bb9a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9a24;
$custom-light: #d4b76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.887,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69701,
    "c": 0.13235,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.33803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9A24

secondary

#6F83CC

accent

#63EB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9A24

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

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