#BB9D2F#BB9D2F

#BB9D2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.128 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D2F
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 47)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 74.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, -0.33, 58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 58.16, 90.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0069 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.128 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0654, 34.8859, 7.6808)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D2F #2F4DBB

analogous

#BB572F #BB9D2F #93BB2F

triadic

#BB9D2F #2FBB9D #9D2FBB

tetradic

#BB9D2F #2FBB57 #2F4DBB #BB2F93

square

#BB9D2F #2FBB57 #2F4DBB #BB2F93

split-complementary

#BB9D2F #2F93BB #572FBB

monochromatic

#594B16 #8A7423 #BB9D2F #D4B853 #E0CC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB9D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BB9D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D2F

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D2F	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.128 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b96f',
    500: '#bb9d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d2f;
$custom-light: #d4b96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 59.829,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70393,
    "c": 0.12821,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D2F

secondary

#7C8DC9

accent

#67E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D2F

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

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