#BB9B3B#BB9B3B

#BB9B3B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.119 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9B3B
RGB	rgb(187, 155, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 1.36, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 52.85, 88.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0007 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.119 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0060, 34.3252, 9.0238)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9B3B #3B5BBB

analogous

#BB5B3B #BB9B3B #9BBB3B

triadic

#BB9B3B #3BBB9B #9B3BBB

tetradic

#BB9B3B #3BBB5B #3B5BBB #BB3B9B

square

#BB9B3B #3BBB5B #3B5BBB #BB3B9B

split-complementary

#BB9B3B #3B9BBB #5B3BBB

monochromatic

#5E4E1E #8C742C #BB9B3B #CEB465 #DDCB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9B3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BB9B3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9B3B

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9B3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9B3B	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)

#AC992F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9b3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 155, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.119 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b876',
    500: '#bb9b3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9b3b;
$custom-light: #d3b876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9b3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70074,
    "c": 0.11899,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9B3B

secondary

#8A99C8

accent

#70DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9B3B

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

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