#BB9E37#BB9E37

#BB9E37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.124 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E37
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -0.48, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 55.31, 90.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0064 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.124 93)
XYZ	xyz(33.4117, 35.2962, 8.6667)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E37 #3754BB

analogous

#BB5C37 #BB9E37 #96BB37

triadic

#BB9E37 #37BB9E #9E37BB

tetradic

#BB9E37 #37BB5C #3754BB #BB3796

square

#BB9E37 #37BB5C #3754BB #BB3796

split-complementary

#BB9E37 #3796BB #5C37BB

monochromatic

#5C4E1B #8C7629 #BB9E37 #D0B75F #DECC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB9E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BB9E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E37

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E37	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)

#AF9B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.124 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba74',
    500: '#bb9e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e37;
$custom-light: #d3ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70663,
    "c": 0.12369,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.35294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E37

secondary

#8594C9

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E37

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

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