#BB9A30#BB9A30

#BB9A30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.126 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9A30
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, 1.34, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 57.03, 88.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.002 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.126 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5845, 33.8914, 7.6212)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9A30 #3051BB

analogous

#BB5430 #BB9A30 #96BB30

triadic

#BB9A30 #30BB9A #9A30BB

tetradic

#BB9A30 #30BB54 #3051BB #BB3096

square

#BB9A30 #30BB54 #3051BB #BB3096

split-complementary

#BB9A30 #3096BB #5430BB

monochromatic

#5A4A17 #8A7223 #BB9A30 #D3B555 #E0CA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB9A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BB9A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9A30

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9A30	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB981F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.126 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b770',
    500: '#bb9a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9a30;
$custom-light: #d4b770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69777,
    "c": 0.12583,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9A30

secondary

#7D8FC9

accent

#6BE245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9A30

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

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