#BB9C3F#BB9C3F

#BB9C3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.117 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9C3F
RGB	rgb(187, 156, 63)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 66.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, 1.05, 51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 51.40, 88.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0011 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.117 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2809, 34.7025, 9.6470)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9C3F #3F5EBB

analogous

#BB5E3F #BB9C3F #9CBB3F

triadic

#BB9C3F #3FBB9C #9C3FBB

tetradic

#BB9C3F #3FBB5E #3F5EBB #BB3F9C

square

#BB9C3F #3FBB5E #3F5EBB #BB3F9C

split-complementary

#BB9C3F #3F9CBB #5E3FBB

monochromatic

#5F5020 #8D7630 #BB9C3F #CDB46A #DCCB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BB9C3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BB9C3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9C3F

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9C3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9C3F	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	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)

#AD9A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9c3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 156, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.117 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b878',
    500: '#bb9c3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9c3f;
$custom-light: #d3b878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9c3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 49.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70319,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9C3F

secondary

#8E9CC8

accent

#71D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9C3F

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

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