#BB9F35#BB9F35

#BB9F35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.126 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F35
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -1.12, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 56.39, 91.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0085 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.126 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5360, 35.6200, 8.4764)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F35 #3551BB

analogous

#BB5C35 #BB9F35 #94BB35

triadic

#BB9F35 #35BB9F #9F35BB

tetradic

#BB9F35 #35BB5C #3551BB #BB3594

square

#BB9F35 #35BB5C #3551BB #BB3594

split-complementary

#BB9F35 #3594BB #5C35BB

monochromatic

#5C4E1A #8B7627 #BB9F35 #D1B95C #DECD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BB9F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BB9F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F35

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F35	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)

#B09C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.126 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb73',
    500: '#bb9f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f35;
$custom-light: #d3bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70855,
    "c": 0.1257,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F35

secondary

#8392C9

accent

#68DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F35

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

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