#BB9F47#BB9F47

#BB9F47 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.112 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F47
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 71)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -0.05, 48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 48.66, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0032 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.112 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0306, 35.8178, 11.0811)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F47 #4763BB

analogous

#BB6547 #BB9F47 #9DBB47

triadic

#BB9F47 #47BB9F #9F47BB

tetradic

#BB9F47 #47BB65 #4763BB #BB479D

square

#BB9F47 #47BB65 #4763BB #BB479D

split-complementary

#BB9F47 #479DBB #6547BB

monochromatic

#635425 #907A35 #BB9F47 #CCB674 #DCCEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BB9F47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BB9F47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F47

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F47	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)

#AF9D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.112 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb7e',
    500: '#bb9f47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f47;
$custom-light: #d2bb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71024,
    "c": 0.11202,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F47

secondary

#95A2C9

accent

#72D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F47

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

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