#BB9E32#BB9E32

#BB9E32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.127 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E32
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 50)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -0.73, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 57.29, 90.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0077 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.127 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2979, 35.2507, 8.0672)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E32 #324FBB

analogous

#BB5A32 #BB9E32 #94BB32

triadic

#BB9E32 #32BB9E #9E32BB

tetradic

#BB9E32 #32BB5A #324FBB #BB3294

square

#BB9E32 #32BB5A #324FBB #BB3294

split-complementary

#BB9E32 #3294BB #5A32BB

monochromatic

#5A4C18 #8B7525 #BB9E32 #D2B858 #DFCD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB9E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BB9E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E32

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E32	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)

#AF9B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.127 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba71',
    500: '#bb9e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e32;
$custom-light: #d3ba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.299,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70624,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E32

secondary

#808FC9

accent

#67E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E32

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

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