#BB9D42#BB9D42

#BB9D42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.115 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D42
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, 0.70, 50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 50.35, 89.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0017 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.115 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5355, 35.0740, 10.1568)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D42 #4260BB

analogous

#BB6142 #BB9D42 #9DBB42

triadic

#BB9D42 #42BB9D #9D42BB

tetradic

#BB9D42 #42BB61 #4260BB #BB429D

square

#BB9D42 #42BB61 #4260BB #BB429D

split-complementary

#BB9D42 #429DBB #6142BB

monochromatic

#615122 #8E7732 #BB9D42 #CCB56E #DCCC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB9D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BB9D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D42

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D42	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)

#AD9B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.115 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b97a',
    500: '#bb9d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d42;
$custom-light: #d3b97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.124,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70556,
    "c": 0.11484,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D42

secondary

#919EC8

accent

#72D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D42

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

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