#BB9C35#BB9C35

#BB9C35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.124 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C35
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 0.50, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 55.59, 89.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0039 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.124 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0264, 34.6007, 8.3065)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C35 #3554BB

analogous

#BB5935 #BB9C35 #97BB35

triadic

#BB9C35 #35BB9C #9C35BB

tetradic

#BB9C35 #35BB59 #3554BB #BB3597

square

#BB9C35 #35BB59 #3554BB #BB3597

split-complementary

#BB9C35 #3597BB #5935BB

monochromatic

#5C4C1A #8B7427 #BB9C35 #D1B65C #DECB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BB9C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C35

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C35	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)

#AD9A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.124 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b873',
    500: '#bb9c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c35;
$custom-light: #d3b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.119,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7023,
    "c": 0.12379,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C35

secondary

#8393C9

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C35

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

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