#BB9F40#BB9F40

#BB9F40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.118 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F40
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -0.50, 51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 51.79, 90.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0054 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.118 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8187, 35.7331, 9.9654)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F40 #405CBB

analogous

#BB6140 #BB9F40 #9ABB40

triadic

#BB9F40 #40BB9F #9F40BB

tetradic

#BB9F40 #40BB61 #405CBB #BB409A

square

#BB9F40 #40BB61 #405CBB #BB409A

split-complementary

#BB9F40 #409ABB #6140BB

monochromatic

#605121 #8D7830 #BB9F40 #CDB66C #DCCD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB9F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BB9F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F40

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F40	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.118 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb79',
    500: '#bb9f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f40;
$custom-light: #d3bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.341,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70952,
    "c": 0.11773,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F40

secondary

#8F9CC8

accent

#6FD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F40

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

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