#BB9B38#BB9B38

#BB9B38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.121 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B38
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, 1.19, 54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 54.11, 88.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0015 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.121 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9304, 34.2950, 8.6257)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B38 #3858BB

analogous

#BB5A38 #BB9B38 #99BB38

triadic

#BB9B38 #38BB9B #9B38BB

tetradic

#BB9B38 #38BB5A #3858BB #BB3899

square

#BB9B38 #38BB5A #3858BB #BB3899

split-complementary

#BB9B38 #3899BB #5A38BB

monochromatic

#5D4D1C #8C742A #BB9B38 #D0B461 #DECB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BB9B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B38

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B38	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)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.121 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b874',
    500: '#bb9b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b38;
$custom-light: #d3b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.344,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70047,
    "c": 0.12115,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B38

secondary

#8696C8

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B38

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

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