#BB9F3F#BB9F3F

#BB9F3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.119 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F3F
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 63)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 66.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -0.57, 52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 52.23, 90.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0057 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.119 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7905, 35.7218, 9.8168)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F3F #3F5BBB

analogous

#BB613F #BB9F3F #99BB3F

triadic

#BB9F3F #3FBB9F #9F3FBB

tetradic

#BB9F3F #3FBB61 #3F5BBB #BB3F99

square

#BB9F3F #3FBB61 #3F5BBB #BB3F99

split-complementary

#BB9F3F #3F99BB #613FBB

monochromatic

#5F5120 #8D7830 #BB9F3F #CDB76A #DCCD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB9F3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BB9F3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F3F

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F3F	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)

#AF9C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.119 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb79',
    500: '#bb9f3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f3f;
$custom-light: #d3bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 49.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70942,
    "c": 0.11851,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F3F

secondary

#8E9BC8

accent

#6ED94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F3F

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

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