#BB9D34#BB9D34

#BB9D34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.125 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D34
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, -0.09, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 56.24, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0057 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.125 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1721, 34.9286, 8.2428)
Luminance	0.3493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D34 #3452BB

analogous

#BB5A34 #BB9D34 #95BB34

triadic

#BB9D34 #34BB9D #9D34BB

tetradic

#BB9D34 #34BB5A #3452BB #BB3495

square

#BB9D34 #34BB5A #3452BB #BB3495

split-complementary

#BB9D34 #3495BB #5A34BB

monochromatic

#5B4D19 #8B7527 #BB9D34 #D1B75B #DFCC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB9D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#BB9D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D34

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D34	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.125 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b972',
    500: '#bb9d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d34;
$custom-light: #d3b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7043,
    "c": 0.12507,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D34

secondary

#8292C9

accent

#6AE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D34

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

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