#BB9F37#BB9F37

#BB9F37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.124 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F37
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, -1.02, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 55.59, 91.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.008 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.124 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5830, 35.6388, 8.7238)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F37 #3753BB

analogous

#BB5D37 #BB9F37 #95BB37

triadic

#BB9F37 #37BB9F #9F37BB

tetradic

#BB9F37 #37BB5D #3753BB #BB3795

square

#BB9F37 #37BB5D #3753BB #BB3795

split-complementary

#BB9F37 #3795BB #5D37BB

monochromatic

#5C4F1B #8C7729 #BB9F37 #D0B85F #DECD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB9F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BB9F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F37

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F37	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)

#B09C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.124 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb74',
    500: '#bb9f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f37;
$custom-light: #d3bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70872,
    "c": 0.12435,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F37

secondary

#8594C9

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F37

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

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