#BB9D3F#BB9D3F

#BB9D3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.117 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D3F
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 63)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 66.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 0.51, 51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 51.67, 89.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0026 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.117 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4494, 35.0395, 9.7031)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D3F #3F5DBB

analogous

#BB5F3F #BB9D3F #9BBB3F

triadic

#BB9D3F #3FBB9D #9D3FBB

tetradic

#BB9D3F #3FBB5F #3F5DBB #BB3F9B

square

#BB9D3F #3FBB5F #3F5DBB #BB3F9B

split-complementary

#BB9D3F #3F9BBB #5F3FBB

monochromatic

#5F5020 #8D7730 #BB9D3F #CDB56A #DCCC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB9D3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BB9D3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D3F

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D3F	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)

#AD9B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.117 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b978',
    500: '#bb9d3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d3f;
$custom-light: #d3b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.484,
    "s": 49.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70526,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D3F

secondary

#8E9CC8

accent

#70D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D3F

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

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