#BB9F4A#BB9F4A

#BB9F4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.109 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9F4A
RGB	rgb(187, 159, 74)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 60.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, 0.17, 47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 47.27, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0022 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.109 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1292, 35.8573, 11.6007)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9F4A #4A66BB

analogous

#BB664A #BB9F4A #9EBB4A

triadic

#BB9F4A #4ABB9F #9F4ABB

tetradic

#BB9F4A #4ABB66 #4A66BB #BB4A9E

square

#BB9F4A #4ABB66 #4A66BB #BB4A9E

split-complementary

#BB9F4A #4A9EBB #664ABB

monochromatic

#655526 #917B37 #BB9F4A #CCB776 #DCCEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BB9F4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BB9F4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9F4A

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9F4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9F4A	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)

#AF9D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9f4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 159, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.109 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb7f',
    500: '#bb9f4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9f4a;
$custom-light: #d2bb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9f4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.133,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71058,
    "c": 0.10942,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9F4A

secondary

#97A4C9

accent

#73D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9F4A

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

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