#BB9B31#BB9B31

#BB9B31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.126 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B31
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 0.84, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 56.90, 89.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0033 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.126 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7711, 34.2312, 7.7863)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B31 #3151BB

analogous

#BB5631 #BB9B31 #96BB31

triadic

#BB9B31 #31BB9B #9B31BB

tetradic

#BB9B31 #31BB56 #3151BB #BB3196

square

#BB9B31 #31BB56 #3151BB #BB3196

split-complementary

#BB9B31 #3196BB #5631BB

monochromatic

#5A4B18 #8B7324 #BB9B31 #D3B656 #E0CB87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB9B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BB9B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B31

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B31	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.126 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b870',
    500: '#bb9b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b31;
$custom-light: #d3b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69992,
    "c": 0.12578,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B31

secondary

#7F90C9

accent

#6AE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B31

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

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