#BB9E43#BB9E43

#BB9E43 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.115 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E43
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 64.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, 0.22, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 50.18, 89.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0029 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.115 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7351, 35.4256, 10.3700)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E43 #4360BB

analogous

#BB6243 #BB9E43 #9CBB43

triadic

#BB9E43 #43BB9E #9E43BB

tetradic

#BB9E43 #43BB62 #4360BB #BB439C

square

#BB9E43 #43BB62 #4360BB #BB439C

split-complementary

#BB9E43 #439CBB #6243BB

monochromatic

#615223 #8E7833 #BB9E43 #CCB570 #DCCD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BB9E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E43

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E43	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)

#AE9C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.115 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba7b',
    500: '#bb9e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e43;
$custom-light: #d3ba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70774,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E43

secondary

#929FC8

accent

#71D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E43

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

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