#BB9E40#BB9E40

#BB9E40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.117 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E40
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 0.03, 51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 51.51, 89.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0039 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.117 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6475, 35.3905, 9.9083)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E40 #405DBB

analogous

#BB6140 #BB9E40 #9BBB40

triadic

#BB9E40 #40BB9E #9E40BB

tetradic

#BB9E40 #40BB61 #405DBB #BB409B

square

#BB9E40 #40BB61 #405DBB #BB409B

split-complementary

#BB9E40 #409BBB #6140BB

monochromatic

#605121 #8D7730 #BB9E40 #CDB66C #DCCC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BB9E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E40

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E40	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)

#AE9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.117 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba79',
    500: '#bb9e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e40;
$custom-light: #d3ba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.854,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70744,
    "c": 0.11707,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E40

secondary

#8F9CC8

accent

#70D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E40

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

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