#BB9F44#BB9F44

#BB9F44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.115 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F44
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 63.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -0.25, 50.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 50.02, 90.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0042 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.115 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9367, 35.7802, 10.5865)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F44 #4460BB

analogous

#BB6344 #BB9F44 #9CBB44

triadic

#BB9F44 #44BB9F #9F44BB

tetradic

#BB9F44 #44BB63 #4460BB #BB449C

square

#BB9F44 #44BB63 #4460BB #BB449C

split-complementary

#BB9F44 #449CBB #6344BB

monochromatic

#615323 #8E7934 #BB9F44 #CBB671 #DCCD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BB9F44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BB9F44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F44

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F44	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.115 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb7c',
    500: '#bb9f44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f44;
$custom-light: #d3bb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70992,
    "c": 0.11453,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F44

secondary

#939FC8

accent

#71D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F44

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

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