#BB9B36#BB9B36

#BB9B36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.123 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B36
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, 1.09, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 54.93, 88.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0021 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.123 91)
XYZ	xyz(32.8825, 34.2758, 8.3732)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B36 #3656BB

analogous

#BB5936 #BB9B36 #99BB36

triadic

#BB9B36 #36BB9B #9B36BB

tetradic

#BB9B36 #36BB59 #3656BB #BB3699

square

#BB9B36 #36BB59 #3656BB #BB3699

split-complementary

#BB9B36 #3699BB #5936BB

monochromatic

#5C4C1B #8C7428 #BB9B36 #D0B55E #DECB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BB9B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B36

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B36	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)

#AC9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.123 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b873',
    500: '#bb9b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b36;
$custom-light: #d3b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.564,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70031,
    "c": 0.12253,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.34274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B36

secondary

#8495C9

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B36

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

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