#BB9B2C#BB9B2C

#BB9B2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.129 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B2C
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 44)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 76.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, 0.62, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 58.75, 89.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0045 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.129 92)
XYZ	xyz(32.6713, 34.1913, 7.2611)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B2C #2C4CBB

analogous

#BB532C #BB9B2C #94BB2C

triadic

#BB9B2C #2CBB9B #9B2CBB

tetradic

#BB9B2C #2CBB53 #2C4CBB #BB2C94

square

#BB9B2C #2CBB53 #2C4CBB #BB2C94

split-complementary

#BB9B2C #2C94BB #532CBB

monochromatic

#584915 #897220 #BB9B2C #D6B74F #E1CB80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB9B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BB9B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B2C

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B2C	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.129 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b86e',
    500: '#bb9b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b2c;
$custom-light: #d4b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.573,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69957,
    "c": 0.12876,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.34189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B2C

secondary

#798BCA

accent

#67E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B2C

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

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