#BB9B24#BB9B24

#BB9B24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.133 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B24
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 36)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 80.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 0.32, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 61.44, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0062 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.133 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5352, 34.1369, 6.5441)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B24 #2444BB

analogous

#BB4F24 #BB9B24 #8FBB24

triadic

#BB9B24 #24BB9B #9B24BB

tetradic

#BB9B24 #24BB4F #2444BB #BB248F

square

#BB9B24 #24BB4F #2444BB #BB248F

split-complementary

#BB9B24 #248FBB #4F24BB

monochromatic

#544610 #88701A #BB9B24 #DBBA42 #E4CD75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB9B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BB9B24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B24

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B24	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9903

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.133 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b86a',
    500: '#bb9b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b24;
$custom-light: #d4b86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.285,
    "s": 67.713,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69909,
    "c": 0.13291,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B24

secondary

#6F83CC

accent

#62EB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B24

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

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