#BB9B3A#BB9B3A

#BB9B3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.120 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B3A
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 58)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 69%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, 1.30, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 53.28, 88.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.001 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.12 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9803, 34.3149, 8.8885)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B3A #3A5ABB

analogous

#BB5A3A #BB9B3A #9ABB3A

triadic

#BB9B3A #3ABB9B #9B3ABB

tetradic

#BB9B3A #3ABB5A #3A5ABB #BB3A9A

square

#BB9B3A #3ABB5A #3A5ABB #BB3A9A

split-complementary

#BB9B3A #3A9ABB #5A3ABB

monochromatic

#5E4E1D #8C742C #BB9B3A #CFB463 #DDCB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9B3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BB9B3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B3A

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B3A	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)

#AC992E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.120 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b875',
    500: '#bb9b3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b3a;
$custom-light: #d3b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.116,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70065,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B3A

secondary

#8898C8

accent

#70DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B3A

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

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