#BB9D3A#BB9D3A

#BB9D3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.121 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D3A
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 69%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, 0.22, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 53.81, 89.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0041 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.121 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3159, 34.9861, 9.0004)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D3A #3A58BB

analogous

#BB5D3A #BB9D3A #98BB3A

triadic

#BB9D3A #3ABB9D #9D3ABB

tetradic

#BB9D3A #3ABB5D #3A58BB #BB3A98

square

#BB9D3A #3ABB5D #3A58BB #BB3A98

split-complementary

#BB9D3A #3A98BB #5D3ABB

monochromatic

#5E4F1D #8C762C #BB9D3A #CFB663 #DDCC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BB9D3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BB9D3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D3A

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D3A	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.121 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b975',
    500: '#bb9d3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d3a;
$custom-light: #d3b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7048,
    "c": 0.12094,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D3A

secondary

#8897C8

accent

#6DDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D3A

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

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