#BB9D38#BB9D38

#BB9D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.122 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D38
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, 0.11, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 54.63, 89.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0046 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.122 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2660, 34.9662, 8.7376)
Luminance	0.3496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D38 #3856BB

analogous

#BB5C38 #BB9D38 #97BB38

triadic

#BB9D38 #38BB9D #9D38BB

tetradic

#BB9D38 #38BB5C #3856BB #BB3897

square

#BB9D38 #38BB5C #3856BB #BB3897

split-complementary

#BB9D38 #3897BB #5C38BB

monochromatic

#5D4E1C #8C752A #BB9D38 #D0B661 #DECC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB9D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#BB9D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D38

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D38	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)

#AE9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.122 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b974',
    500: '#bb9d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d38;
$custom-light: #d3b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.26,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70463,
    "c": 0.12236,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D38

secondary

#8695C8

accent

#6CDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D38

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

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