#BB9D3E#BB9D3E

#BB9D3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.118 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D3E
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, 0.45, 52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 52.10, 89.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0029 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.118 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4217, 35.0284, 9.5573)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D3E #3E5CBB

analogous

#BB5F3E #BB9D3E #9BBB3E

triadic

#BB9D3E #3EBB9D #9D3EBB

tetradic

#BB9D3E #3EBB5F #3E5CBB #BB3E9B

square

#BB9D3E #3EBB5F #3E5CBB #BB3E9B

split-complementary

#BB9D3E #3E9BBB #5F3EBB

monochromatic

#5F5020 #8D762F #BB9D3E #CDB569 #DCCC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB9D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BB9D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D3E

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D3E	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.118 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b978',
    500: '#bb9d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d3e;
$custom-light: #d3b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70516,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D3E

secondary

#8D9BC8

accent

#70DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D3E

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

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