#BB9E41#BB9E41

#BB9E41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.116 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E41
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 0.10, 51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 51.07, 89.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0036 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.116 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6762, 35.4020, 10.0595)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E41 #415EBB

analogous

#BB6141 #BB9E41 #9BBB41

triadic

#BB9E41 #41BB9E #9E41BB

tetradic

#BB9E41 #41BB61 #415EBB #BB419B

square

#BB9E41 #41BB61 #415EBB #BB419B

split-complementary

#BB9E41 #419BBB #6141BB

monochromatic

#605121 #8E7831 #BB9E41 #CCB66D #DCCC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BB9E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E41

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E41	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)

#AE9C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.116 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba7a',
    500: '#bb9e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e41;
$custom-light: #d3ba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.738,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70753,
    "c": 0.11628,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E41

secondary

#909DC8

accent

#70D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E41

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

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