#BB9F3E#BB9F3E

#BB9F3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.119 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F3E
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -0.63, 52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 52.66, 90.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.006 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.119 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7628, 35.7107, 9.6710)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F3E #3E5ABB

analogous

#BB613E #BB9F3E #99BB3E

triadic

#BB9F3E #3EBB9F #9F3EBB

tetradic

#BB9F3E #3EBB61 #3E5ABB #BB3E99

square

#BB9F3E #3EBB61 #3E5ABB #BB3E99

split-complementary

#BB9F3E #3E99BB #613EBB

monochromatic

#5F5120 #8D782F #BB9F3E #CDB769 #DCCD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB9F3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BB9F3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F3E

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F3E	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)

#AF9C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.119 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb78',
    500: '#bb9f3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f3e;
$custom-light: #d3bb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.56,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70933,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F3E

secondary

#8D9AC8

accent

#6DDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F3E

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

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