#BB9C2A#BB9C2A

#BB9C2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.130 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C2A
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 42)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 77.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, 0.00, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 59.70, 90.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0065 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.13 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8018, 34.5109, 7.1236)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C2A #2A49BB

analogous

#BB532A #BB9C2A #92BB2A

triadic

#BB9C2A #2ABB9C #9C2ABB

tetradic

#BB9C2A #2ABB53 #2A49BB #BB2A92

square

#BB9C2A #2ABB53 #2A49BB #BB2A92

split-complementary

#BB9C2A #2A92BB #532ABB

monochromatic

#574914 #89721F #BB9C2A #D7B94C #E2CC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB9C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BB9C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C2A

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C2A	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.130 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b86d',
    500: '#bb9c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c2a;
$custom-light: #d4b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.172,
    "s": 63.319,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70152,
    "c": 0.13045,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C2A

secondary

#7688CA

accent

#65E641

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C2A

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

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