#BB9C2D#BB9C2D

#BB9C2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.129 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C2D
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 45)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 75.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, 0.12, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 58.64, 89.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0058 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.129 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8575, 34.5332, 7.4170)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C2D #2D4CBB

analogous

#BB552D #BB9C2D #93BB2D

triadic

#BB9C2D #2DBB9C #9C2DBB

tetradic

#BB9C2D #2DBB55 #2D4CBB #BB2D93

square

#BB9C2D #2DBB55 #2D4CBB #BB2D93

split-complementary

#BB9C2D #2D93BB #552DBB

monochromatic

#584A15 #8A7321 #BB9C2D #D5B850 #E1CC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB9C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BB9C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C2D

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C2D	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.129 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b86e',
    500: '#bb9c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c2d;
$custom-light: #d4b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.901,
    "s": 61.207,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70171,
    "c": 0.12877,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C2D

secondary

#7A8BCA

accent

#67E443

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C2D

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

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