#BB9B39#BB9B39

#BB9B39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.120 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B39
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, 1.25, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 53.70, 88.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0012 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.12 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9551, 34.3048, 8.7558)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B39 #3959BB

analogous

#BB5A39 #BB9B39 #9ABB39

triadic

#BB9B39 #39BB9B #9B39BB

tetradic

#BB9B39 #39BB5A #3959BB #BB399A

square

#BB9B39 #39BB5A #3959BB #BB399A

split-complementary

#BB9B39 #399ABB #5A39BB

monochromatic

#5D4D1C #8C742B #BB9B39 #CFB462 #DDCB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BB9B39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B39

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B39	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)

#AC992C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.120 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b875',
    500: '#bb9b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b39;
$custom-light: #d3b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.231,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70056,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B39

secondary

#8797C8

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B39

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

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