#BB9C33#BB9C33

#BB9C33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.125 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C33
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, 0.40, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 56.38, 89.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0044 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.125 92)
XYZ	xyz(32.9813, 34.5827, 8.0693)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C33 #3352BB

analogous

#BB5833 #BB9C33 #96BB33

triadic

#BB9C33 #33BB9C #9C33BB

tetradic

#BB9C33 #33BB58 #3352BB #BB3396

square

#BB9C33 #33BB58 #3352BB #BB3396

split-complementary

#BB9C33 #3396BB #5833BB

monochromatic

#5B4C19 #8B7426 #BB9C33 #D2B659 #DFCB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BB9C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C33

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C33	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.125 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b871',
    500: '#bb9c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c33;
$custom-light: #d3b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.324,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70214,
    "c": 0.12511,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.34581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C33

secondary

#8191C9

accent

#6AE047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C33

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

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