#BB9E3F#BB9E3F

#BB9E3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.118 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E3F
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 63)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 66.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -0.03, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 51.95, 90.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0042 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.118 92)
XYZ	xyz(33.6193, 35.3793, 9.7597)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E3F #3F5CBB

analogous

#BB603F #BB9E3F #9ABB3F

triadic

#BB9E3F #3FBB9E #9E3FBB

tetradic

#BB9E3F #3FBB60 #3F5CBB #BB3F9A

square

#BB9E3F #3FBB60 #3F5CBB #BB3F9A

split-complementary

#BB9E3F #3F9ABB #603FBB

monochromatic

#5F5120 #8D7730 #BB9E3F #CDB66A #DCCC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9E3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BB9E3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E3F

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E3F	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.118 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba79',
    500: '#bb9e3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e3f;
$custom-light: #d3ba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.968,
    "s": 49.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70734,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.35377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E3F

secondary

#8E9BC8

accent

#6FD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E3F

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

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