#BB9E3D#BB9E3D

#BB9E3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.119 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E3D
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -0.15, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 52.81, 90.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0048 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.119 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5644, 35.3573, 9.4707)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E3D #3D5ABB

analogous

#BB5F3D #BB9E3D #99BB3D

triadic

#BB9E3D #3DBB9E #9E3DBB

tetradic

#BB9E3D #3DBB5F #3D5ABB #BB3D99

square

#BB9E3D #3DBB5F #3D5ABB #BB3D99

split-complementary

#BB9E3D #3D99BB #5F3DBB

monochromatic

#5F501F #8D772E #BB9E3D #CEB668 #DDCC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9E3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BB9E3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E3D

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E3D	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)

#AF9C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.119 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba77',
    500: '#bb9e3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e3d;
$custom-light: #d3ba77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.19,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70715,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E3D

secondary

#8C9AC8

accent

#6EDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E3D

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

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