#BB9E34#BB9E34

#BB9E34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.126 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E34
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -0.63, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 56.51, 90.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0072 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.126 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3420, 35.2684, 8.2994)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E34 #3451BB

analogous

#BB5B34 #BB9E34 #95BB34

triadic

#BB9E34 #34BB9E #9E34BB

tetradic

#BB9E34 #34BB5B #3451BB #BB3495

square

#BB9E34 #34BB5B #3451BB #BB3495

split-complementary

#BB9E34 #3495BB #5B34BB

monochromatic

#5B4D19 #8B7627 #BB9E34 #D1B85B #DFCD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB9E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BB9E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E34

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E34	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)

#AF9B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.126 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba72',
    500: '#bb9e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e34;
$custom-light: #d3ba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.111,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70639,
    "c": 0.12571,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E34

secondary

#8291C9

accent

#69E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E34

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

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