#BB9C3C#BB9C3C

#BB9C3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.119 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C3C
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 60)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, 0.87, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 52.69, 89.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0019 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.119 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1993, 34.6699, 9.2174)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C3C #3C5BBB

analogous

#BB5C3C #BB9C3C #9ABB3C

triadic

#BB9C3C #3CBB9C #9C3CBB

tetradic

#BB9C3C #3CBB5C #3C5BBB #BB3C9A

square

#BB9C3C #3CBB5C #3C5BBB #BB3C9A

split-complementary

#BB9C3C #3C9ABB #5C3CBB

monochromatic

#5E4F1E #8D752D #BB9C3C #CEB566 #DDCB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9C3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BB9C3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C3C

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C3C	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)

#AD9A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.119 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b877',
    500: '#bb9c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c3c;
$custom-light: #d3b877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.354,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7029,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C3C

secondary

#8B9AC8

accent

#70DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C3C

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

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