#BB9C3E#BB9C3E

#BB9C3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.117 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C3E
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, 0.99, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 51.83, 88.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0014 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.117 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2532, 34.6914, 9.5011)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C3E #3E5DBB

analogous

#BB5E3E #BB9C3E #9CBB3E

triadic

#BB9C3E #3EBB9C #9C3EBB

tetradic

#BB9C3E #3EBB5E #3E5DBB #BB3E9C

square

#BB9C3E #3EBB5E #3E5DBB #BB3E9C

split-complementary

#BB9C3E #3E9CBB #5E3EBB

monochromatic

#5F4F20 #8D762F #BB9C3E #CDB469 #DCCB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BB9C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BB9C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C3E

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C3E	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)

#AD9A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.117 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b878',
    500: '#bb9c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c3e;
$custom-light: #d3b878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.12,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70309,
    "c": 0.11736,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C3E

secondary

#8D9BC8

accent

#71DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C3E

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

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