#BB9C3B#BB9C3B

#BB9C3B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.120 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C3B
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 0.82, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 53.12, 89.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0022 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.12 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1731, 34.6594, 9.0795)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C3B #3B5ABB

analogous

#BB5C3B #BB9C3B #9ABB3B

triadic

#BB9C3B #3BBB9C #9C3BBB

tetradic

#BB9C3B #3BBB5C #3B5ABB #BB3B9A

square

#BB9C3B #3BBB5C #3B5ABB #BB3B9A

split-complementary

#BB9C3B #3B9ABB #5C3BBB

monochromatic

#5E4E1E #8C752C #BB9C3B #CEB565 #DDCB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9C3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BB9C3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C3B

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C3B	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)

#AD9A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.120 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b876',
    500: '#bb9c3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c3b;
$custom-light: #d3b876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.469,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70281,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C3B

secondary

#8A99C8

accent

#6FDB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C3B

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

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