#BB9E36#BB9E36

#BB9E36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.124 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E36
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -0.53, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 55.72, 90.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0067 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.124 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3880, 35.2868, 8.5417)
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

#BB9E36 #3653BB

analogous

#BB5B36 #BB9E36 #96BB36

triadic

#BB9E36 #36BB9E #9E36BB

tetradic

#BB9E36 #36BB5B #3653BB #BB3696

square

#BB9E36 #36BB5B #3653BB #BB3696

split-complementary

#BB9E36 #3696BB #5B36BB

monochromatic

#5C4E1B #8C7628 #BB9E36 #D0B75E #DECD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB9E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BB9E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E36

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E36	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)

#AF9B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.124 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba73',
    500: '#bb9e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e36;
$custom-light: #d3ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.917,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70655,
    "c": 0.12437,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E36

secondary

#8493C9

accent

#6ADF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E36

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

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