#BB9D43#BB9D43

#BB9D43 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.114 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9D43
RGB	rgb(187, 157, 67)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 64.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 0.76, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 49.90, 89.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0014 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.114 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5653, 35.0859, 10.3134)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9D43 #4361BB

analogous

#BB6143 #BB9D43 #9DBB43

triadic

#BB9D43 #43BB9D #9D43BB

tetradic

#BB9D43 #43BB61 #4361BB #BB439D

square

#BB9D43 #43BB61 #4361BB #BB439D

split-complementary

#BB9D43 #439DBB #6143BB

monochromatic

#615123 #8E7733 #BB9D43 #CCB570 #DCCC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB9D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BB9D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9D43

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9D43	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 157, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.114 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b97b',
    500: '#bb9d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9d43;
$custom-light: #d3b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70566,
    "c": 0.11404,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9D43

secondary

#929FC8

accent

#72D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9D43

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

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