#BB9B32#BB9B32

#BB9B32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.125 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B32
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 50)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 0.89, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 56.51, 89.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0031 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.125 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7924, 34.2398, 7.8987)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B32 #3252BB

analogous

#BB5632 #BB9B32 #97BB32

triadic

#BB9B32 #32BB9B #9B32BB

tetradic

#BB9B32 #32BB56 #3252BB #BB3297

square

#BB9B32 #32BB56 #3252BB #BB3297

split-complementary

#BB9B32 #3297BB #5632BB

monochromatic

#5A4B18 #8B7325 #BB9B32 #D2B658 #DFCB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BB9B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BB9B32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B32

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B32	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)

#AC9922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.125 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b871',
    500: '#bb9b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b32;
$custom-light: #d3b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.985,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69999,
    "c": 0.12515,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B32

secondary

#8091C9

accent

#6BE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B32

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

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