#BB9B34#BB9B34

#BB9B34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.124 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B34
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 52)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 0.99, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 55.73, 88.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0026 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.124 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8365, 34.2574, 8.1309)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B34 #3454BB

analogous

#BB5834 #BB9B34 #98BB34

triadic

#BB9B34 #34BB9B #9B34BB

tetradic

#BB9B34 #34BB58 #3454BB #BB3498

square

#BB9B34 #34BB58 #3454BB #BB3498

split-complementary

#BB9B34 #3498BB #5834BB

monochromatic

#5B4C19 #8B7327 #BB9B34 #D1B55B #DFCB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BB9B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B34

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B34	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#AC9925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.124 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b872',
    500: '#bb9b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b34;
$custom-light: #d3b872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.778,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70015,
    "c": 0.12386,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B34

secondary

#8293C9

accent

#6CE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B34

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

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