#BB9D40#BB9D40

#BB9D40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.116 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D40
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, 0.57, 51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 51.23, 89.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0023 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.116 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4776, 35.0508, 9.8516)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D40 #405EBB

analogous

#BB6040 #BB9D40 #9CBB40

triadic

#BB9D40 #40BB9D #9D40BB

tetradic

#BB9D40 #40BB60 #405EBB #BB409C

square

#BB9D40 #40BB60 #405EBB #BB409C

split-complementary

#BB9D40 #409CBB #6040BB

monochromatic

#605021 #8D7730 #BB9D40 #CDB56C #DCCC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB9D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BB9D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D40

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D40	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)

#AD9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.116 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b979',
    500: '#bb9d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d40;
$custom-light: #d3b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70536,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D40

secondary

#8F9DC8

accent

#71D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D40

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

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