#BB9E45#BB9E45

#BB9E45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.113 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E45
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, 0.36, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 49.28, 89.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0023 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.113 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7962, 35.4500, 10.6915)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E45 #4562BB

analogous

#BB6345 #BB9E45 #9DBB45

triadic

#BB9E45 #45BB9E #9E45BB

tetradic

#BB9E45 #45BB63 #4562BB #BB459D

square

#BB9E45 #45BB63 #4562BB #BB459D

split-complementary

#BB9E45 #459DBB #6345BB

monochromatic

#625324 #8F7834 #BB9E45 #CBB572 #DCCD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BB9E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E45

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E45	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.113 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba7c',
    500: '#bb9e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e45;
$custom-light: #d3ba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.254,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70795,
    "c": 0.11303,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E45

secondary

#94A0C8

accent

#72D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E45

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

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