#BB9D33#BB9D33

#BB9D33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.126 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D33
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, -0.14, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 56.64, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0059 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.126 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1498, 34.9197, 8.1254)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D33 #3351BB

analogous

#BB5933 #BB9D33 #95BB33

triadic

#BB9D33 #33BB9D #9D33BB

tetradic

#BB9D33 #33BB59 #3351BB #BB3395

square

#BB9D33 #33BB59 #3351BB #BB3395

split-complementary

#BB9D33 #3395BB #5933BB

monochromatic

#5B4C19 #8B7526 #BB9D33 #D2B759 #DFCC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB9D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BB9D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D33

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D33	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)

#AE9A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.126 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b972',
    500: '#bb9d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d33;
$custom-light: #d3b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70423,
    "c": 0.12572,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D33

secondary

#8191C9

accent

#69E047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D33

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

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