#BB9D37#BB9D37

#BB9D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.123 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D37
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, 0.06, 55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 55.04, 89.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.0049 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.123 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2418, 34.9565, 8.6101)
Luminance	0.3496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D37 #3755BB

analogous

#BB5B37 #BB9D37 #97BB37

triadic

#BB9D37 #37BB9D #9D37BB

tetradic

#BB9D37 #37BB5B #3755BB #BB3797

square

#BB9D37 #37BB5B #3755BB #BB3797

split-complementary

#BB9D37 #3797BB #5B37BB

monochromatic

#5C4E1B #8C7529 #BB9D37 #D0B65F #DECC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB9D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#BB9D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D37

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D37	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)

#AE9B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.123 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b974',
    500: '#bb9d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d37;
$custom-light: #d3b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70454,
    "c": 0.12306,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D37

secondary

#8595C9

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D37

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

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