#BB9F3C#BB9F3C

#BB9F3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.121 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F3C
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 60)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -0.74, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 53.52, 90.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0066 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.121 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7090, 35.6892, 9.3873)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F3C #3C58BB

analogous

#BB603C #BB9F3C #97BB3C

triadic

#BB9F3C #3CBB9F #9F3CBB

tetradic

#BB9F3C #3CBB60 #3C58BB #BB3C97

square

#BB9F3C #3CBB60 #3C58BB #BB3C97

split-complementary

#BB9F3C #3C97BB #603CBB

monochromatic

#5E501E #8D782D #BB9F3C #CEB766 #DDCD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB9F3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BB9F3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F3C

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F3C	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)

#AF9C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.121 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb77',
    500: '#bb9f3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f3c;
$custom-light: #d3bb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.772,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70915,
    "c": 0.12078,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F3C

secondary

#8B98C8

accent

#6CDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F3C

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

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