#BB9C36#BB9C36

#BB9C36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.123 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C36
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 0.55, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 55.19, 89.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0036 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.123 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0496, 34.6100, 8.4289)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C36 #3655BB

analogous

#BB5936 #BB9C36 #98BB36

triadic

#BB9C36 #36BB9C #9C36BB

tetradic

#BB9C36 #36BB59 #3655BB #BB3698

square

#BB9C36 #36BB59 #3655BB #BB3698

split-complementary

#BB9C36 #3698BB #5936BB

monochromatic

#5C4D1B #8C7428 #BB9C36 #D0B65E #DECB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BB9C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C36

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C36	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)

#AD9A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.123 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b873',
    500: '#bb9c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c36;
$custom-light: #d3b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.015,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70238,
    "c": 0.12312,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C36

secondary

#8494C9

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C36

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

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