#BB9B37#BB9B37

#BB9B37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.122 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B37
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, 1.14, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 54.52, 88.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0018 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.122 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9062, 34.2853, 8.4982)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B37 #3757BB

analogous

#BB5937 #BB9B37 #99BB37

triadic

#BB9B37 #37BB9B #9B37BB

tetradic

#BB9B37 #37BB59 #3757BB #BB3799

square

#BB9B37 #37BB59 #3757BB #BB3799

split-complementary

#BB9B37 #3799BB #5937BB

monochromatic

#5C4D1B #8C7429 #BB9B37 #D0B55F #DECB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BB9B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B37

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B37	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.122 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b874',
    500: '#bb9b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b37;
$custom-light: #d3b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70039,
    "c": 0.12184,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B37

secondary

#8596C9

accent

#6EDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B37

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

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