#BB9D3D#BB9D3D

#BB9D3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.119 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D3D
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 0.39, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 52.53, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0032 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.119 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3945, 35.0176, 9.4141)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D3D #3D5BBB

analogous

#BB5E3D #BB9D3D #9ABB3D

triadic

#BB9D3D #3DBB9D #9D3DBB

tetradic

#BB9D3D #3DBB5E #3D5BBB #BB3D9A

square

#BB9D3D #3DBB5E #3D5BBB #BB3D9A

split-complementary

#BB9D3D #3D9ABB #5E3DBB

monochromatic

#5F501F #8D762E #BB9D3D #CEB568 #DDCC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB9D3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BB9D3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D3D

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D3D	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)

#AE9B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.119 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b977',
    500: '#bb9d3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d3d;
$custom-light: #d3b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70507,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D3D

secondary

#8C9AC8

accent

#6FDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D3D

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

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