#BB9D3C#BB9D3C

#BB9D3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.119 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D3C
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 60)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, 0.33, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 52.96, 89.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0035 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.119 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3678, 35.0069, 9.2735)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D3C #3C5ABB

analogous

#BB5D3C #BB9D3C #99BB3C

triadic

#BB9D3C #3CBB9D #9D3CBB

tetradic

#BB9D3C #3CBB5D #3C5ABB #BB3C99

square

#BB9D3C #3CBB5D #3C5ABB #BB3C99

split-complementary

#BB9D3C #3C99BB #5D3CBB

monochromatic

#5E4F1E #8D762D #BB9D3C #CEB566 #DDCC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB9D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BB9D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D3C

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D3C	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#AE9B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.119 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b977',
    500: '#bb9d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d3c;
$custom-light: #d3b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.827,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70498,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D3C

secondary

#8B99C8

accent

#6EDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D3C

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

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