#BB9F36#BB9F36

#BB9F36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.125 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F36
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, -1.07, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 55.99, 91.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0082 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.125 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5593, 35.6293, 8.5988)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F36 #3652BB

analogous

#BB5C36 #BB9F36 #95BB36

triadic

#BB9F36 #36BB9F #9F36BB

tetradic

#BB9F36 #36BB5C #3652BB #BB3695

square

#BB9F36 #36BB5C #3652BB #BB3695

split-complementary

#BB9F36 #3695BB #5C36BB

monochromatic

#5C4E1B #8C7728 #BB9F36 #D0B85E #DECD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB9F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BB9F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F36

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F36	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.125 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb73',
    500: '#bb9f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f36;
$custom-light: #d3bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70863,
    "c": 0.12503,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F36

secondary

#8493C9

accent

#69DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F36

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

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