#BB9F32#BB9F32

#BB9F32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.128 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F32
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 50)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -1.27, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 57.55, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0092 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.128 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4692, 35.5932, 8.1243)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F32 #324EBB

analogous

#BB5B32 #BB9F32 #93BB32

triadic

#BB9F32 #32BB9F #9F32BB

tetradic

#BB9F32 #32BB5B #324EBB #BB3293

square

#BB9F32 #32BB5B #324EBB #BB3293

split-complementary

#BB9F32 #3293BB #5B32BB

monochromatic

#5A4D18 #8B7625 #BB9F32 #D2B958 #DFCD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB9F32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BB9F32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F32

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F32	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.128 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb71',
    500: '#bb9f32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f32;
$custom-light: #d3bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.737,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70833,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F32

secondary

#808FC9

accent

#66E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F32

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

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