#BB9D30#BB9D30

#BB9D30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.128 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D30
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 48)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -0.28, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 57.78, 90.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0067 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.128 93)
XYZ	xyz(33.0858, 34.8941, 7.7883)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D30 #304EBB

analogous

#BB5730 #BB9D30 #93BB30

triadic

#BB9D30 #30BB9D #9D30BB

tetradic

#BB9D30 #30BB57 #304EBB #BB3093

square

#BB9D30 #30BB57 #304EBB #BB3093

split-complementary

#BB9D30 #3093BB #5730BB

monochromatic

#5A4B17 #8A7423 #BB9D30 #D3B855 #E0CC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB9D30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BB9D30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D30

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D30	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)

#AE9A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.128 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b970',
    500: '#bb9d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d30;
$custom-light: #d3b970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.05,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.704,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.34892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D30

secondary

#7D8EC9

accent

#67E245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D30

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

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