#BB9F3A#BB9F3A

#BB9F3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.122 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F3A
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 58)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 69%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -0.85, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 54.36, 90.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0072 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.122 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6571, 35.6684, 9.1141)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F3A #3A56BB

analogous

#BB5F3A #BB9F3A #96BB3A

triadic

#BB9F3A #3ABB9F #9F3ABB

tetradic

#BB9F3A #3ABB5F #3A56BB #BB3A96

square

#BB9F3A #3ABB5F #3A56BB #BB3A96

split-complementary

#BB9F3A #3A96BB #5F3ABB

monochromatic

#5E501D #8C772C #BB9F3A #CFB763 #DDCD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB9F3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BB9F3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F3A

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F3A	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)

#B09C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.122 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb76',
    500: '#bb9f3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f3a;
$custom-light: #d3bb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.977,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70897,
    "c": 0.12224,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F3A

secondary

#8896C8

accent

#6BDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F3A

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

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