#BB9F3D#BB9F3D

#BB9F3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.120 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F3D
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 61)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -0.68, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 53.09, 90.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0063 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.12 93)
XYZ	xyz(33.7356, 35.6998, 9.5278)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F3D #3D59BB

analogous

#BB603D #BB9F3D #98BB3D

triadic

#BB9F3D #3DBB9F #9F3DBB

tetradic

#BB9F3D #3DBB60 #3D59BB #BB3D98

square

#BB9F3D #3DBB60 #3D59BB #BB3D98

split-complementary

#BB9F3D #3D98BB #603DBB

monochromatic

#5F511F #8D782E #BB9F3D #CEB768 #DDCD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB9F3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BB9F3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F3D

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F3D	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)

#AF9C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.120 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb77',
    500: '#bb9f3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f3d;
$custom-light: #d3bb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70924,
    "c": 0.12003,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.35698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F3D

secondary

#8C99C8

accent

#6DDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F3D

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

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