#BB9A35#BB9A35

#BB9A35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.123 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9A35
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 1.58, 55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 55.08, 88.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0008 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.123 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6935, 33.9350, 8.1956)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9A35 #3556BB

analogous

#BB5735 #BB9A35 #99BB35

triadic

#BB9A35 #35BB9A #9A35BB

tetradic

#BB9A35 #35BB57 #3556BB #BB3599

square

#BB9A35 #35BB57 #3556BB #BB3599

split-complementary

#BB9A35 #3599BB #5735BB

monochromatic

#5C4B1A #8B7327 #BB9A35 #D1B45C #DECA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB9A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BB9A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9A35

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9A35	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.123 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b772',
    500: '#bb9a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9a35;
$custom-light: #d3b772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.224,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69815,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9A35

secondary

#8394C9

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9A35

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

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