#BB9E3B#BB9E3B

#BB9E3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.121 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E3B
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 59)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -0.26, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 53.66, 90.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0053 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.121 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5115, 35.3362, 9.1923)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E3B #3B58BB

analogous

#BB5E3B #BB9E3B #98BB3B

triadic

#BB9E3B #3BBB9E #9E3BBB

tetradic

#BB9E3B #3BBB5E #3B58BB #BB3B98

square

#BB9E3B #3BBB5E #3B58BB #BB3B98

split-complementary

#BB9E3B #3B98BB #5E3BBB

monochromatic

#5E4F1E #8C772C #BB9E3B #CEB665 #DDCC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9E3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BB9E3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E3B

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E3B	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.121 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba76',
    500: '#bb9e3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e3b;
$custom-light: #d3ba76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70697,
    "c": 0.12086,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E3B

secondary

#8A98C8

accent

#6DDB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E3B

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

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