#BB9E3C#BB9E3C

#BB9E3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.120 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E3C
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 60)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -0.20, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 53.24, 90.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.005 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.12 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5377, 35.3466, 9.3302)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E3C #3C59BB

analogous

#BB5E3C #BB9E3C #98BB3C

triadic

#BB9E3C #3CBB9E #9E3CBB

tetradic

#BB9E3C #3CBB5E #3C59BB #BB3C98

square

#BB9E3C #3CBB5E #3C59BB #BB3C98

split-complementary

#BB9E3C #3C98BB #5E3CBB

monochromatic

#5E501E #8D772D #BB9E3C #CEB666 #DDCC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9E3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BB9E3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E3C

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E3C	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)

#AF9C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.120 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba77',
    500: '#bb9e3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e3c;
$custom-light: #d3ba77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.299,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70706,
    "c": 0.12012,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E3C

secondary

#8B99C8

accent

#6DDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E3C

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

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