#BB9E46#BB9E46

#BB9E46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.112 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E46
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 0.42, 48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 48.83, 89.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.002 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.112 91)
XYZ	xyz(33.8275, 35.4625, 10.8563)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E46 #4663BB

analogous

#BB6346 #BB9E46 #9EBB46

triadic

#BB9E46 #46BB9E #9E46BB

tetradic

#BB9E46 #46BB63 #4663BB #BB469E

square

#BB9E46 #46BB63 #4663BB #BB469E

split-complementary

#BB9E46 #469EBB #6346BB

monochromatic

#625324 #8F7935 #BB9E46 #CBB573 #DCCDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB9E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BB9E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E46

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E46	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)

#AE9C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.112 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba7d',
    500: '#bb9e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e46;
$custom-light: #d2ba7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.128,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70805,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.35461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E46

secondary

#94A1C8

accent

#73D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E46

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

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