#BB9F38#BB9F38

#BB9F38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.124 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F38
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -0.96, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 55.18, 91.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0077 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.124 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6072, 35.6485, 8.8513)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F38 #3854BB

analogous

#BB5E38 #BB9F38 #95BB38

triadic

#BB9F38 #38BB9F #9F38BB

tetradic

#BB9F38 #38BB5E #3854BB #BB3895

square

#BB9F38 #38BB5E #3854BB #BB3895

split-complementary

#BB9F38 #3895BB #5E38BB

monochromatic

#5D4F1C #8C772A #BB9F38 #D0B861 #DECD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB9F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BB9F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F38

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F38	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)

#B09C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.124 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb74',
    500: '#bb9f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f38;
$custom-light: #d3bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7088,
    "c": 0.12365,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F38

secondary

#8694C8

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F38

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

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