#BB9D35#BB9D35

#BB9D35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.124 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D35
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.70, -0.04, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.70, 55.85, 90.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0054 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.124 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1949, 34.9377, 8.3627)
Luminance	0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D35 #3553BB

analogous

#BB5A35 #BB9D35 #96BB35

triadic

#BB9D35 #35BB9D #9D35BB

tetradic

#BB9D35 #35BB5A #3553BB #BB3596

square

#BB9D35 #35BB5A #3553BB #BB3596

split-complementary

#BB9D35 #3596BB #5A35BB

monochromatic

#5C4D1A #8B7527 #BB9D35 #D1B75C #DECC8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB9D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#BB9D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D35

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D35	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)

#AE9B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.124 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b973',
    500: '#bb9d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d35;
$custom-light: #d3b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70438,
    "c": 0.12441,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D35

secondary

#8393C9

accent

#6ADF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D35

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

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