#BB9F2D#BB9F2D

#BB9F2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.131 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F2D
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 45)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 75.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -1.49, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 59.40, 91.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0104 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.131 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3671, 35.5524, 7.5869)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F2D #2D49BB

analogous

#BB582D #BB9F2D #90BB2D

triadic

#BB9F2D #2DBB9F #9F2DBB

tetradic

#BB9F2D #2DBB58 #2D49BB #BB2D90

square

#BB9F2D #2DBB58 #2D49BB #BB2D90

split-complementary

#BB9F2D #2D90BB #582DBB

monochromatic

#584B15 #8A7521 #BB9F2D #D5BB50 #E1CE82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB9F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BB9F2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F2D

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F2D	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.131 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb6f',
    500: '#bb9f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f2d;
$custom-light: #d4bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 61.207,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70798,
    "c": 0.13066,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F2D

secondary

#7A8ACA

accent

#63E443

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F2D

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

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