#BB9D31#BB9D31

#BB9D31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.127 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D31
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -0.24, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 57.41, 90.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0064 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.127 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1067, 34.9024, 7.8982)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D31 #314FBB

analogous

#BB5831 #BB9D31 #94BB31

triadic

#BB9D31 #31BB9D #9D31BB

tetradic

#BB9D31 #31BB58 #314FBB #BB3194

square

#BB9D31 #31BB58 #314FBB #BB3194

split-complementary

#BB9D31 #3194BB #5831BB

monochromatic

#5A4C18 #8B7424 #BB9D31 #D3B856 #E0CC87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB9D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BB9D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D31

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D31	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)

#AE9A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.127 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b970',
    500: '#bb9d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d31;
$custom-light: #d3b970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70408,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D31

secondary

#7F8FC9

accent

#68E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D31

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

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