#BB9D36#BB9D36

#BB9D36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.124 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D36
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, 0.01, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 55.45, 89.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.0052 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.124 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2181, 34.9470, 8.4851)
Luminance	0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D36 #3654BB

analogous

#BB5A36 #BB9D36 #97BB36

triadic

#BB9D36 #36BB9D #9D36BB

tetradic

#BB9D36 #36BB5A #3654BB #BB3697

square

#BB9D36 #36BB5A #3654BB #BB3697

split-complementary

#BB9D36 #3697BB #5A36BB

monochromatic

#5C4D1B #8C7528 #BB9D36 #D0B75E #DECC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB9D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#BB9D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D36

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D36	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)

#AE9B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.124 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b973',
    500: '#bb9d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d36;
$custom-light: #d3b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70446,
    "c": 0.12374,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D36

secondary

#8494C9

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D36

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

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