#BB9C32#BB9C32

#BB9C32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.126 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C32
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 50)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, 0.35, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 56.77, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0046 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.126 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9595, 34.5740, 7.9544)
Luminance	0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C32 #3251BB

analogous

#BB5732 #BB9C32 #96BB32

triadic

#BB9C32 #32BB9C #9C32BB

tetradic

#BB9C32 #32BB57 #3251BB #BB3296

square

#BB9C32 #32BB57 #3251BB #BB3296

split-complementary

#BB9C32 #3296BB #5732BB

monochromatic

#5A4B18 #8B7425 #BB9C32 #D2B758 #DFCC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BB9C32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C32

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C32	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)

#AD9A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.126 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b871',
    500: '#bb9c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c32;
$custom-light: #d3b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.423,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70207,
    "c": 0.12575,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C32

secondary

#8090C9

accent

#6AE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C32

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

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