#BB9E47#BB9E47

#BB9E47 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.111 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9E47
RGB	rgb(187, 158, 71)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, 0.49, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 48.37, 89.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0017 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.111 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8593, 35.4753, 11.0240)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9E47 #4764BB

analogous

#BB6447 #BB9E47 #9EBB47

triadic

#BB9E47 #47BB9E #9E47BB

tetradic

#BB9E47 #47BB64 #4764BB #BB479E

square

#BB9E47 #47BB64 #4764BB #BB479E

split-complementary

#BB9E47 #479EBB #6447BB

monochromatic

#635325 #907935 #BB9E47 #CCB674 #DCCDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB9E47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BB9E47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9E47

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9E47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9E47	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	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)

#AE9C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9e47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 158, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.111 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba7d',
    500: '#bb9e47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9e47;
$custom-light: #d2ba7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9e47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70816,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9E47

secondary

#95A2C9

accent

#73D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9E47

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

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