#BB9C38#BB9C38

#BB9C38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.122 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C38
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, 0.65, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 54.37, 89.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0031 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.122 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0976, 34.6292, 8.6814)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C38 #3857BB

analogous

#BB5B38 #BB9C38 #98BB38

triadic

#BB9C38 #38BB9C #9C38BB

tetradic

#BB9C38 #38BB5B #3857BB #BB3898

square

#BB9C38 #38BB5B #3857BB #BB3898

split-complementary

#BB9C38 #3898BB #5B38BB

monochromatic

#5D4D1C #8C752A #BB9C38 #D0B561 #DECB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BB9C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C38

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C38	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.122 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b874',
    500: '#bb9c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c38;
$custom-light: #d3b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.802,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70255,
    "c": 0.12175,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C38

secondary

#8696C8

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C38

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →