#BB9F45#BB9F45

#BB9F45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.114 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F45
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -0.18, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 49.57, 90.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.0039 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.114 92)
XYZ	xyz(33.9674, 35.7926, 10.7486)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F45 #4561BB

analogous

#BB6445 #BB9F45 #9CBB45

triadic

#BB9F45 #45BB9F #9F45BB

tetradic

#BB9F45 #45BB64 #4561BB #BB459C

square

#BB9F45 #45BB64 #4561BB #BB459C

split-complementary

#BB9F45 #459CBB #6445BB

monochromatic

#625324 #8F7934 #BB9F45 #CBB672 #DCCD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BB9F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BB9F45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F45

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F45	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)

#AF9D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.114 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb7c',
    500: '#bb9f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f45;
$custom-light: #d3bb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.763,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71003,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.35791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F45

secondary

#94A0C8

accent

#71D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F45

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

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