#BB9E35#BB9E35

#BB9E35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.125 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E35
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -0.58, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 56.11, 90.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.007 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.125 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3647, 35.2775, 8.4193)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E35 #3552BB

analogous

#BB5B35 #BB9E35 #95BB35

triadic

#BB9E35 #35BB9E #9E35BB

tetradic

#BB9E35 #35BB5B #3552BB #BB3595

square

#BB9E35 #35BB5B #3552BB #BB3595

split-complementary

#BB9E35 #3595BB #5B35BB

monochromatic

#5C4D1A #8B7627 #BB9E35 #D1B85C #DECD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB9E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BB9E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E35

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E35	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.125 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba73',
    500: '#bb9e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e35;
$custom-light: #d3ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70647,
    "c": 0.12504,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E35

secondary

#8392C9

accent

#69DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E35

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

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