#BB9F41#BB9F41

#BB9F41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.117 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F41
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -0.44, 51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 51.36, 90.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0051 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.117 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8474, 35.7446, 10.1166)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F41 #415DBB

analogous

#BB6241 #BB9F41 #9ABB41

triadic

#BB9F41 #41BB9F #9F41BB

tetradic

#BB9F41 #41BB62 #415DBB #BB419A

square

#BB9F41 #41BB62 #415DBB #BB419A

split-complementary

#BB9F41 #419ABB #6241BB

monochromatic

#605221 #8E7831 #BB9F41 #CCB66D #DCCD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB9F41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BB9F41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F41

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F41	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)

#AF9C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.117 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb7a',
    500: '#bb9f41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f41;
$custom-light: #d3bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70962,
    "c": 0.11694,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F41

secondary

#909DC8

accent

#6FD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F41

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

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