#BB9E38#BB9E38

#BB9E38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.123 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E38
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -0.43, 54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 54.91, 90.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0062 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.123 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4359, 35.3059, 8.7942)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E38 #3855BB

analogous

#BB5D38 #BB9E38 #96BB38

triadic

#BB9E38 #38BB9E #9E38BB

tetradic

#BB9E38 #38BB5D #3855BB #BB3896

square

#BB9E38 #38BB5D #3855BB #BB3896

split-complementary

#BB9E38 #3896BB #5D38BB

monochromatic

#5D4E1C #8C762A #BB9E38 #D0B761 #DECC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BB9E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BB9E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E38

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E38	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)

#AF9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.123 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba74',
    500: '#bb9e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e38;
$custom-light: #d3ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.718,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70671,
    "c": 0.12299,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E38

secondary

#8695C8

accent

#6BDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E38

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

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