#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
Ocher
#BF9B0C
ΔE00 1.72
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 2.05
Yellow Brown
#B79400
ΔE00 2.31
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 2.74
Ocre
#C69C04
ΔE00 3.09
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 3.67
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