#BB9F33#BB9F33

#BB9F33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.127 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F33
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -1.22, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 57.17, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.009 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.127 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4910, 35.6020, 8.2392)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F33 #334FBB

analogous

#BB5B33 #BB9F33 #93BB33

triadic

#BB9F33 #33BB9F #9F33BB

tetradic

#BB9F33 #33BB5B #334FBB #BB3393

square

#BB9F33 #33BB5B #334FBB #BB3393

split-complementary

#BB9F33 #3393BB #5B33BB

monochromatic

#5B4D19 #8B7626 #BB9F33 #D2B959 #DFCD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB9F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BB9F33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F33

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F33	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)

#B09C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.127 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb72',
    500: '#bb9f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f33;
$custom-light: #d3bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7084,
    "c": 0.12701,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F33

secondary

#8190C9

accent

#67E047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F33

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

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