Yellow
#BB9E68
#BB9E68 is a yellow with medium intensity, at step 400 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 7.4:1. On white it reaches only 2.6:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#BB9E68 shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #BB9E68 kept exactly at step 400. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF6E5
- 100 FFE8BF
- 200 EFD6A9
- 300 D6BC8A
- 400 BB9E68
- 500 9F834E
- 600 846934
- 700 6A511E
- 800 523C0A
- 900 3A2800
- 950 221600
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-yellow-50: #fff6e5; --color-yellow-100: #ffe8bf; --color-yellow-200: #efd6a9; --color-yellow-300: #d6bc8a; --color-yellow-400: #bb9e68; --color-yellow-500: #9f834e; --color-yellow-600: #846934; --color-yellow-700: #6a511e; --color-yellow-800: #523c0a; --color-yellow-900: #3a2800; --color-yellow-950: #221600;}Is #BB9E68 readable?
Contrast for text on #BB9E68 and for #BB9E68 used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 2.6APCA Lc 55 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 7.4APCA Lc 53 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #8E723D · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.6APCA Lc 50 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 7.4APCA Lc 51 · Large text and headings
Color palettes with #BB9E68
Six palettes built around #BB9E68, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#BB9E68 · #95C263 · #F57008 · #C5EEB8 · #372F24
- Complementary#BB9E68 · #5FA3FD · #74AAFF · #FCDEB2 · #2B2317
- Split complementary#BB9E68 · #128CB9 · #B6A9FF · #EAD6AB · #312D28
- Triadic#BB9E68 · #3DA2B1 · #DB89FF · #FED487 · #353024
- Tetradic#BB9E68 · #009783 · #71AEFC · #FFC0DD · #282316
- Monochromatic#BB9E68 · #D4AA62 · #DDA800 · #F8DE9C · #312C21
#BB9E68 as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #BB9E68 looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF6E5
- Brand 100, #FFE8BF
- Brand 200, #EFD6A9
- Brand 300, #D6BC8A
- Brand 400, #BB9E68
- Brand 500, #9F834E
- Brand 600, #846934
- Brand 700, #6A511E
- Brand 800, #523C0A
- Brand 900, #3A2800
- Brand 950, #221600
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAF9
- Neutral 100, #F5F4F2
- Neutral 200, #E7E5E2
- Neutral 300, #D7D4CF
- Neutral 400, #A4A099
- Neutral 500, #77736B
- Neutral 600, #58544C
- Neutral 700, #444039
- Neutral 800, #2B2721
- Neutral 900, #1B1712
- Neutral 950, #0D0A05
Success
- Success 50, #E7FFE2
- Success 100, #CAFCBF
- Success 200, #B4EBA9
- Success 300, #97D28A
- Success 400, #78B66A
- Success 500, #62A154
- Success 600, #417E33
- Success 700, #2A651C
- Success 800, #174D07
- Success 900, #0A3600
- Success 950, #041F00
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5E7
- Warning 100, #FFE8C5
- Warning 200, #FFD18B
- Warning 300, #E9B564
- Warning 400, #DEA548
- Warning 500, #B27C0E
- Warning 600, #916300
- Warning 700, #724D00
- Warning 800, #563900
- Warning 900, #3C2700
- Warning 950, #231500
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC2
- Danger 300, #FFA396
- Danger 400, #F77767
- Danger 500, #D35244
- Danger 600, #B93C30
- Danger 700, #99221A
- Danger 800, #7B0805
- Danger 900, #580000
- Danger 950, #360000
Info
- Info 50, #EEF9FF
- Info 100, #D6EFFF
- Info 200, #AFE1FF
- Info 300, #74CBFC
- Info 400, #4EAEE1
- Info 500, #228FC2
- Info 600, #0076A5
- Info 700, #005D82
- Info 800, #004563
- Info 900, #003045
- Info 950, #001B2A
- Primary buttons use Brand 400 with neutral 950 text, at 7.7:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 400: it already reads on the dark background at 7.7:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #BB9E68
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.