#BB9C2F#BB9C2F

#BB9C2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.128 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C2F
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 47)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 74.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 0.21, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 57.90, 89.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0054 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.128 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8969, 34.5489, 7.6247)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C2F #2F4EBB

analogous

#BB562F #BB9C2F #94BB2F

triadic

#BB9C2F #2FBB9C #9C2FBB

tetradic

#BB9C2F #2FBB56 #2F4EBB #BB2F94

square

#BB9C2F #2FBB56 #2F4EBB #BB2F94

split-complementary

#BB9C2F #2F94BB #562FBB

monochromatic

#594A16 #8A7323 #BB9C2F #D4B753 #E0CC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BB9C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BB9C2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C2F

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C2F	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)

#AD9A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.128 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b86f',
    500: '#bb9c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c2f;
$custom-light: #d4b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.714,
    "s": 59.829,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70185,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C2F

secondary

#7C8DC9

accent

#68E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C2F

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

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