#BB9B35#BB9B35

#BB9B35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.123 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B35
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 1.04, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 55.33, 88.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0023 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.123 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8593, 34.2665, 8.2508)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B35 #3555BB

analogous

#BB5835 #BB9B35 #98BB35

triadic

#BB9B35 #35BB9B #9B35BB

tetradic

#BB9B35 #35BB58 #3555BB #BB3598

square

#BB9B35 #35BB58 #3555BB #BB3598

split-complementary

#BB9B35 #3598BB #5835BB

monochromatic

#5C4C1A #8B7327 #BB9B35 #D1B55C #DECB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BB9B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B35

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B35	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)

#AC9926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.123 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b872',
    500: '#bb9b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b35;
$custom-light: #d3b872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70022,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B35

secondary

#8394C9

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B35

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

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