#BB9E30#BB9E30

#BB9E30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.128 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E30
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 48)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -0.82, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 58.04, 90.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0082 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.128 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2557, 35.2338, 7.8449)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E30 #304DBB

analogous

#BB5830 #BB9E30 #92BB30

triadic

#BB9E30 #30BB9E #9E30BB

tetradic

#BB9E30 #30BB58 #304DBB #BB3092

square

#BB9E30 #30BB58 #304DBB #BB3092

split-complementary

#BB9E30 #3092BB #5830BB

monochromatic

#5A4C17 #8A7523 #BB9E30 #D3B955 #E0CD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB9E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BB9E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E30

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E30	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.128 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba70',
    500: '#bb9e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e30;
$custom-light: #d3ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.482,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70609,
    "c": 0.12823,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E30

secondary

#7D8DC9

accent

#66E245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E30

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

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