#BB9A37#BB9A37

#BB9A37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.121 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9A37
RGB	rgb(187, 154, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, 1.68, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 54.27, 88.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.0002 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.121 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7405, 33.9538, 8.4430)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9A37 #3758BB

analogous

#BB5837 #BB9A37 #9ABB37

triadic

#BB9A37 #37BB9A #9A37BB

tetradic

#BB9A37 #37BB58 #3758BB #BB379A

square

#BB9A37 #37BB58 #3758BB #BB379A

split-complementary

#BB9A37 #379ABB #5837BB

monochromatic

#5C4C1B #8C7329 #BB9A37 #D0B45F #DECA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BB9A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BB9A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9A37

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9A37	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)

#AB982A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 154, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.121 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b773',
    500: '#bb9a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9a37;
$custom-light: #d3b773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69832,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9A37

secondary

#8596C9

accent

#6FDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9A37

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

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