#BB9E2F#BB9E2F

#BB9E2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.129 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E2F
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 74.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -0.87, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 58.41, 90.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0084 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.129 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2353, 35.2257, 7.7374)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E2F #2F4CBB

analogous

#BB582F #BB9E2F #92BB2F

triadic

#BB9E2F #2FBB9E #9E2FBB

tetradic

#BB9E2F #2FBB58 #2F4CBB #BB2F92

square

#BB9E2F #2FBB58 #2F4CBB #BB2F92

split-complementary

#BB9E2F #2F92BB #582FBB

monochromatic

#594B16 #8A7523 #BB9E2F #D4B953 #E0CD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB9E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BB9E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E2F

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E2F	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.129 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba6f',
    500: '#bb9e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e2f;
$custom-light: #d3ba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 59.829,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70602,
    "c": 0.12884,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E2F

secondary

#7C8CC9

accent

#66E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E2F

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

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