#BB9F49#BB9F49

#BB9F49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.110 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F49
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 0.09, 47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 47.74, 89.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0026 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.11 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0958, 35.8439, 11.4247)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F49 #4965BB

analogous

#BB6649 #BB9F49 #9EBB49

triadic

#BB9F49 #49BB9F #9F49BB

tetradic

#BB9F49 #49BB66 #4965BB #BB499E

square

#BB9F49 #49BB66 #4965BB #BB499E

split-complementary

#BB9F49 #499EBB #6649BB

monochromatic

#645525 #917A36 #BB9F49 #CCB676 #DCCEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BB9F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BB9F49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F49

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F49	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)

#AF9D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.110 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb7f',
    500: '#bb9f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f49;
$custom-light: #d2bb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.263,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71046,
    "c": 0.1103,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F49

secondary

#97A3C9

accent

#73D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F49

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

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