#BB9C30#BB9C30

#BB9C30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.127 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C30
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 48)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 0.26, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 57.53, 89.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0051 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.127 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9173, 34.5571, 7.7321)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C30 #304FBB

analogous

#BB5630 #BB9C30 #94BB30

triadic

#BB9C30 #30BB9C #9C30BB

tetradic

#BB9C30 #30BB56 #304FBB #BB3094

square

#BB9C30 #30BB56 #304FBB #BB3094

split-complementary

#BB9C30 #3094BB #5630BB

monochromatic

#5A4B17 #8A7323 #BB9C30 #D3B755 #E0CC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BB9C30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C30

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C30	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	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)

#AD9A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.127 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b870',
    500: '#bb9c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c30;
$custom-light: #d3b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.619,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70192,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C30

secondary

#7D8EC9

accent

#68E245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C30

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

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