#BB9F3B#BB9F3B

#BB9F3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.122 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F3B
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -0.80, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 53.94, 90.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0069 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.122 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6828, 35.6787, 9.2494)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F3B #3B57BB

analogous

#BB5F3B #BB9F3B #97BB3B

triadic

#BB9F3B #3BBB9F #9F3BBB

tetradic

#BB9F3B #3BBB5F #3B57BB #BB3B97

square

#BB9F3B #3BBB5F #3B57BB #BB3B97

split-complementary

#BB9F3B #3B97BB #5F3BBB

monochromatic

#5E501E #8C772C #BB9F3B #CEB765 #DDCD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB9F3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BB9F3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F3B

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F3B	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.122 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb76',
    500: '#bb9f3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f3b;
$custom-light: #d3bb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70906,
    "c": 0.12151,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F3B

secondary

#8A97C8

accent

#6CDB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F3B

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

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