#BB9E42#BB9E42

#BB9E42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.115 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E42
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 0.16, 50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 50.63, 89.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0033 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.115 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7054, 35.4137, 10.2134)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E42 #425FBB

analogous

#BB6242 #BB9E42 #9CBB42

triadic

#BB9E42 #42BB9E #9E42BB

tetradic

#BB9E42 #42BB62 #425FBB #BB429C

square

#BB9E42 #42BB62 #425FBB #BB429C

split-complementary

#BB9E42 #429CBB #6242BB

monochromatic

#615222 #8E7832 #BB9E42 #CCB56E #DCCC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BB9E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E42

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E42	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)

#AE9C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.115 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba7a',
    500: '#bb9e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e42;
$custom-light: #d3ba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.62,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70764,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E42

secondary

#919EC8

accent

#71D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E42

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

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