#BB9A31#BB9A31

#BB9A31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.125 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9A31
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, 1.38, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 56.65, 88.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.0018 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.125 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6053, 33.8998, 7.7311)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9A31 #3152BB

analogous

#BB5531 #BB9A31 #97BB31

triadic

#BB9A31 #31BB9A #9A31BB

tetradic

#BB9A31 #31BB55 #3152BB #BB3197

square

#BB9A31 #31BB55 #3152BB #BB3197

split-complementary

#BB9A31 #3197BB #5531BB

monochromatic

#5A4A18 #8B7224 #BB9A31 #D3B556 #E0CA87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB9A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BB9A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9A31

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9A31	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)

#AB9821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.125 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b770',
    500: '#bb9a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9a31;
$custom-light: #d3b770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69784,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9A31

secondary

#7F90C9

accent

#6BE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9A31

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

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