#BB9D32#BB9D32

#BB9D32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.126 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D32
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 50)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, -0.19, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 57.02, 90.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0062 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.126 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1280, 34.9110, 8.0106)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D32 #3250BB

analogous

#BB5932 #BB9D32 #95BB32

triadic

#BB9D32 #32BB9D #9D32BB

tetradic

#BB9D32 #32BB59 #3250BB #BB3295

square

#BB9D32 #32BB59 #3250BB #BB3295

split-complementary

#BB9D32 #3295BB #5932BB

monochromatic

#5A4C18 #8B7425 #BB9D32 #D2B858 #DFCC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB9D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BB9D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D32

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D32	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)

#AE9A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.126 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b971',
    500: '#bb9d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d32;
$custom-light: #d3b971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.861,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70415,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D32

secondary

#8090C9

accent

#69E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D32

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

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