#BB9E39#BB9E39

#BB9E39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.122 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E39
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -0.37, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 54.49, 90.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0059 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.122 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4606, 35.3158, 8.9243)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E39 #3956BB

analogous

#BB5D39 #BB9E39 #97BB39

triadic

#BB9E39 #39BB9E #9E39BB

tetradic

#BB9E39 #39BB5D #3956BB #BB3997

square

#BB9E39 #39BB5D #3956BB #BB3997

split-complementary

#BB9E39 #3997BB #5D39BB

monochromatic

#5D4F1C #8C762B #BB9E39 #CFB762 #DDCC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BB9E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E39

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E39	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	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)

#AF9B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.122 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba75',
    500: '#bb9e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e39;
$custom-light: #d3ba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70679,
    "c": 0.12229,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E39

secondary

#8796C8

accent

#6CDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E39

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

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