#BB9C3D#BB9C3D

#BB9C3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.118 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C3D
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, 0.93, 52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 52.26, 88.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0016 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.118 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2260, 34.6806, 9.3579)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C3D #3D5CBB

analogous

#BB5D3D #BB9C3D #9BBB3D

triadic

#BB9C3D #3DBB9C #9C3DBB

tetradic

#BB9C3D #3DBB5D #3D5CBB #BB3D9B

square

#BB9C3D #3DBB5D #3D5CBB #BB3D9B

split-complementary

#BB9C3D #3D9BBB #5D3DBB

monochromatic

#5F4F1F #8D762E #BB9C3D #CEB568 #DDCB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9C3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BB9C3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C3D

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C3D	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.118 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b877',
    500: '#bb9c3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c3d;
$custom-light: #d3b877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.238,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70299,
    "c": 0.11811,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C3D

secondary

#8C9BC8

accent

#70DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C3D

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

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