#BB9F34#BB9F34

#BB9F34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.126 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F34
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 52)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 72.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -1.17, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 56.78, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0088 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.126 94)
XYZ	xyz(33.5132, 35.6109, 8.3565)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F34 #3450BB

analogous

#BB5C34 #BB9F34 #93BB34

triadic

#BB9F34 #34BB9F #9F34BB

tetradic

#BB9F34 #34BB5C #3450BB #BB3493

square

#BB9F34 #34BB5C #3450BB #BB3493

split-complementary

#BB9F34 #3493BB #5C34BB

monochromatic

#5B4E19 #8B7627 #BB9F34 #D1B95B #DFCD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB9F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BB9F34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F34

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F34	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)

#B09C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.126 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb72',
    500: '#bb9f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f34;
$custom-light: #d3bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70848,
    "c": 0.12635,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.35609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F34

secondary

#8291C9

accent

#68E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F34

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

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