#BB9B30#BB9B30

#BB9B30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.126 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B30
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, 0.80, 57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 57.28, 89.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.0036 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.126 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7502, 34.2229, 7.6764)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B30 #3050BB

analogous

#BB5530 #BB9B30 #95BB30

triadic

#BB9B30 #30BB9B #9B30BB

tetradic

#BB9B30 #30BB55 #3050BB #BB3095

square

#BB9B30 #30BB55 #3050BB #BB3095

split-complementary

#BB9B30 #3095BB #5530BB

monochromatic

#5A4A17 #8A7323 #BB9B30 #D3B655 #E0CB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB9B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BB9B30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B30

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B30	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)

#AC991F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.126 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b870',
    500: '#bb9b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b30;
$custom-light: #d4b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69984,
    "c": 0.1264,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B30

secondary

#7D8FC9

accent

#6AE245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B30

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

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