#BB9D41#BB9D41

#BB9D41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.116 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D41
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 0.64, 50.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 50.79, 89.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.002 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.116 91)
XYZ	xyz(33.5063, 35.0623, 10.0029)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D41 #415FBB

analogous

#BB6041 #BB9D41 #9CBB41

triadic

#BB9D41 #41BB9D #9D41BB

tetradic

#BB9D41 #41BB60 #415FBB #BB419C

square

#BB9D41 #41BB60 #415FBB #BB419C

split-complementary

#BB9D41 #419CBB #6041BB

monochromatic

#605121 #8E7731 #BB9D41 #CCB56D #DCCC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB9D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BB9D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D41

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D41	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)

#AD9B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.116 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b97a',
    500: '#bb9d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d41;
$custom-light: #d3b97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.246,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70546,
    "c": 0.11564,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.3506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D41

secondary

#909EC8

accent

#71D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D41

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

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