#BB9E3E#BB9E3E

#BB9E3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.119 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E3E
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -0.09, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 52.38, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0045 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.119 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5916, 35.3682, 9.6139)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E3E #3E5BBB

analogous

#BB603E #BB9E3E #9ABB3E

triadic

#BB9E3E #3EBB9E #9E3EBB

tetradic

#BB9E3E #3EBB60 #3E5BBB #BB3E9A

square

#BB9E3E #3EBB60 #3E5BBB #BB3E9A

split-complementary

#BB9E3E #3E9ABB #603EBB

monochromatic

#5F5020 #8D772F #BB9E3E #CDB669 #DCCC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BB9E3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E3E

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E3E	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)

#AE9C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.119 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba78',
    500: '#bb9e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e3e;
$custom-light: #d3ba78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.08,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70724,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E3E

secondary

#8D9AC8

accent

#6EDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E3E

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

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