#BB9D2B#BB9D2B

#BB9D2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.131 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D2B
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 77%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -0.50, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 59.60, 90.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0078 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.131 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9884, 34.8551, 7.2752)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D2B #2B49BB

analogous

#BB552B #BB9D2B #91BB2B

triadic

#BB9D2B #2BBB9D #9D2BBB

tetradic

#BB9D2B #2BBB55 #2B49BB #BB2B91

square

#BB9D2B #2BBB55 #2B49BB #BB2B91

split-complementary

#BB9D2B #2B91BB #552BBB

monochromatic

#574914 #897320 #BB9D2B #D6BA4D #E2CD7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB9D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BB9D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D2B

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D2B	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.131 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b96d',
    500: '#bb9d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d2b;
$custom-light: #d4b96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 62.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70367,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D2B

secondary

#7889CA

accent

#64E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D2B

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

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