#BB9F2F#BB9F2F

#BB9F2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.129 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F2F
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 74.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -1.40, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 58.68, 91.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.01 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.129 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4065, 35.5682, 7.7945)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F2F #2F4BBB

analogous

#BB592F #BB9F2F #91BB2F

triadic

#BB9F2F #2FBB9F #9F2FBB

tetradic

#BB9F2F #2FBB59 #2F4BBB #BB2F91

square

#BB9F2F #2FBB59 #2F4BBB #BB2F91

split-complementary

#BB9F2F #2F91BB #592FBB

monochromatic

#594C16 #8A7523 #BB9F2F #D4BA53 #E0CE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB9F2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BB9F2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F2F

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F2F	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)

#B09C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.129 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb70',
    500: '#bb9f2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f2f;
$custom-light: #d3bb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 59.829,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70811,
    "c": 0.12948,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F2F

secondary

#7C8CC9

accent

#64E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F2F

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

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