#BB9A33#BB9A33

#BB9A33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.124 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9A33
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, 1.48, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 55.88, 88.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0013 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.124 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6485, 33.9170, 7.9583)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9A33 #3354BB

analogous

#BB5633 #BB9A33 #98BB33

triadic

#BB9A33 #33BB9A #9A33BB

tetradic

#BB9A33 #33BB56 #3354BB #BB3398

square

#BB9A33 #33BB56 #3354BB #BB3398

split-complementary

#BB9A33 #3398BB #5633BB

monochromatic

#5B4B19 #8B7226 #BB9A33 #D2B559 #DFCA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB9A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BB9A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9A33

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9A33	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)

#AB9824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.124 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b771',
    500: '#bb9a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9a33;
$custom-light: #d3b771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.441,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.698,
    "c": 0.12394,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9A33

secondary

#8192C9

accent

#6DE047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9A33

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

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