#BB9D2C#BB9D2C

#BB9D2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.130 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D2C
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 44)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 76.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -0.46, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 59.24, 90.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0076 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.13 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0069, 34.8625, 7.3730)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D2C #2C4ABB

analogous

#BB562C #BB9D2C #91BB2C

triadic

#BB9D2C #2CBB9D #9D2CBB

tetradic

#BB9D2C #2CBB56 #2C4ABB #BB2C91

square

#BB9D2C #2CBB56 #2C4ABB #BB2C91

split-complementary

#BB9D2C #2C91BB #562CBB

monochromatic

#584A15 #897320 #BB9D2C #D6B94F #E1CD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB9D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BB9D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D2C

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D2C	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)

#AE9A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.130 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b96e',
    500: '#bb9d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d2c;
$custom-light: #d4b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.413,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70373,
    "c": 0.12995,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D2C

secondary

#798ACA

accent

#65E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D2C

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

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