#BB9F48#BB9F48

#BB9F48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.111 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F48
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, 0.02, 48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 48.20, 89.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0029 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.111 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0629, 35.8308, 11.2515)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F48 #4864BB

analogous

#BB6548 #BB9F48 #9EBB48

triadic

#BB9F48 #48BB9F #9F48BB

tetradic

#BB9F48 #48BB65 #4864BB #BB489E

square

#BB9F48 #48BB65 #4864BB #BB489E

split-complementary

#BB9F48 #489EBB #6548BB

monochromatic

#645425 #907A36 #BB9F48 #CCB675 #DCCEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BB9F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BB9F48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F48

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F48	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.111 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb7e',
    500: '#bb9f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f48;
$custom-light: #d2bb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.391,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71035,
    "c": 0.11116,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F48

secondary

#96A2C9

accent

#72D552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F48

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

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