#BB9F30#BB9F30

#BB9F30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.129 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F30
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 48)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -1.36, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 58.31, 91.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0097 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.129 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4269, 35.5764, 7.9020)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F30 #304CBB

analogous

#BB5930 #BB9F30 #91BB30

triadic

#BB9F30 #30BB9F #9F30BB

tetradic

#BB9F30 #30BB59 #304CBB #BB3091

square

#BB9F30 #30BB59 #304CBB #BB3091

split-complementary

#BB9F30 #3091BB #5930BB

monochromatic

#5A4C17 #8A7623 #BB9F30 #D3BA55 #E0CE86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB9F30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BB9F30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F30

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F30	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)

#B09C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.129 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb70',
    500: '#bb9f30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f30;
$custom-light: #d3bb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.914,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70818,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F30

secondary

#7D8DC9

accent

#65E245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F30

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

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