#BB9D3B#BB9D3B
#BB9D3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.120 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BB9D3B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(187, 157, 59) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 52%, 48%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 68%, 73%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16%, 68.4%, 26.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.75, 0.28, 53.38) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.75, 53.39, 89.70°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.49% -0.0038 0.1202) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.49% 0.12 91.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(33.3416, 34.9964, 9.1356) |
| Luminance | 0.3499 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Ocher
#BF9B0C
ΔE00 3.87
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 4.00
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.39
Yellow Brown
#B79400
ΔE00 4.48
Ocre
#C69C04
ΔE00 4.83
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 5.06
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BB9D3B #3B59BB
analogous
#BB5D3B #BB9D3B #99BB3B
triadic
#BB9D3B #3BBB9D #9D3BBB
tetradic
#BB9D3B #3BBB5D #3B59BB #BB3B99
square
#BB9D3B #3BBB5D #3B59BB #BB3B99
split-complementary
#BB9D3B #3B99BB #5D3BBB
monochromatic
#5E4F1E #8C762C #BB9D3B #CEB665 #DDCC93
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.63
#BB9D3B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.00
#BB9D3B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BB9D3B
8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BB9D3B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BB9D3B | 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)
#AE9B2E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5A340
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CA9189
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bb9d3b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 59); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.120 91.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d3b976',
500: '#bb9d3b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bb9d3b; $custom-light: #d3b976; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bb9d3b",
"rgb": {
"r": 187,
"g": 157,
"b": 59
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.938,
"s": 52.033,
"l": 48.235
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70489,
"c": 0.12022,
"h": 91.8
},
"luminance": 0.34995
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BB9D3B
secondary
#8A98C8
accent
#6EDB4C
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FAF6ED
border
#D3D0C8
text
#151109
muted
#83807B