#BB9A36#BB9A36

#BB9A36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.122 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9A36
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, 1.63, 54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 54.68, 88.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0005 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.122 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7168, 33.9443, 8.3180)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9A36 #3657BB

analogous

#BB5836 #BB9A36 #9ABB36

triadic

#BB9A36 #36BB9A #9A36BB

tetradic

#BB9A36 #36BB58 #3657BB #BB369A

square

#BB9A36 #36BB58 #3657BB #BB369A

split-complementary

#BB9A36 #369ABB #5836BB

monochromatic

#5C4C1B #8C7328 #BB9A36 #D0B45E #DECA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB9A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BB9A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9A36

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9A36	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)

#AB9828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.122 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b773',
    500: '#bb9a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9a36;
$custom-light: #d3b773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.113,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69824,
    "c": 0.12195,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9A36

secondary

#8495C9

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9A36

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

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