#BB9F43#BB9F43

#BB9F43 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.115 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F43
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 64.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -0.31, 50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 50.47, 90.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0045 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.115 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9064, 35.7681, 10.4271)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F43 #435FBB

analogous

#BB6343 #BB9F43 #9BBB43

triadic

#BB9F43 #43BB9F #9F43BB

tetradic

#BB9F43 #43BB63 #435FBB #BB439B

square

#BB9F43 #43BB63 #435FBB #BB439B

split-complementary

#BB9F43 #439BBB #6343BB

monochromatic

#615223 #8E7933 #BB9F43 #CCB670 #DCCD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BB9F43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BB9F43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F43

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F43	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)

#AF9D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.115 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb7b',
    500: '#bb9f43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f43;
$custom-light: #d3bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70982,
    "c": 0.11534,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F43

secondary

#929EC8

accent

#70D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F43

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

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