#BB9C31#BB9C31

#BB9C31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.126 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C31
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, 0.30, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 57.15, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% -0.0049 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.126 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9382, 34.5654, 7.8420)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C31 #3150BB

analogous

#BB5731 #BB9C31 #95BB31

triadic

#BB9C31 #31BB9C #9C31BB

tetradic

#BB9C31 #31BB57 #3150BB #BB3195

square

#BB9C31 #31BB57 #3150BB #BB3195

split-complementary

#BB9C31 #3195BB #5731BB

monochromatic

#5A4B18 #8B7424 #BB9C31 #D3B756 #E0CC87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BB9C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C31

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C31	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)

#AD9A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.126 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b870',
    500: '#bb9c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c31;
$custom-light: #d3b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.522,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70199,
    "c": 0.12637,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C31

secondary

#7F8FC9

accent

#69E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C31

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

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