#BB9C3A#BB9C3A

#BB9C3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.120 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C3A
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 69%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 0.76, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 53.54, 89.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0025 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.12 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1474, 34.6491, 8.9442)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C3A #3A59BB

analogous

#BB5B3A #BB9C3A #9ABB3A

triadic

#BB9C3A #3ABB9C #9C3ABB

tetradic

#BB9C3A #3ABB5B #3A59BB #BB3A9A

square

#BB9C3A #3ABB5B #3A59BB #BB3A9A

split-complementary

#BB9C3A #3A9ABB #5B3ABB

monochromatic

#5E4E1D #8C752C #BB9C3A #CFB563 #DDCB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9C3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BB9C3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C3A

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C3A	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)

#AD9A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.120 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b875',
    500: '#bb9c3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c3a;
$custom-light: #d3b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.581,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70272,
    "c": 0.12033,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C3A

secondary

#8898C8

accent

#6EDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C3A

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

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