#BB9E33#BB9E33

#BB9E33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.126 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E33
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -0.68, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 56.90, 90.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0075 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.126 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3197, 35.2594, 8.1821)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E33 #3350BB

analogous

#BB5A33 #BB9E33 #94BB33

triadic

#BB9E33 #33BB9E #9E33BB

tetradic

#BB9E33 #33BB5A #3350BB #BB3394

square

#BB9E33 #33BB5A #3350BB #BB3394

split-complementary

#BB9E33 #3394BB #5A33BB

monochromatic

#5B4D19 #8B7526 #BB9E33 #D2B859 #DFCD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB9E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BB9E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E33

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E33	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)

#AF9B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.126 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba72',
    500: '#bb9e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e33;
$custom-light: #d3ba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.206,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70631,
    "c": 0.12635,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E33

secondary

#8190C9

accent

#68E047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E33

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

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