#9B8A21#9B8A21

#9B8A21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.120 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A21
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 33)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 78.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, -5.01, 54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 54.52, 95.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0199 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.12 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8817, 25.2565, 5.1083)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A21 #21329B

analogous

#9B4D21 #9B8A21 #6F9B21

triadic

#9B8A21 #219B8A #8A219B

tetradic

#9B8A21 #219B4D #21329B #9B216F

square

#9B8A21 #219B4D #21329B #9B216F

split-complementary

#9B8A21 #216F9B #4D219B

monochromatic

#36300C #695D16 #9B8A21 #CDB72C #DCCA5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9B8A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#9B8A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A21

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A21	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.120 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab66',
    500: '#9b8a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a21;
$custom-light: #bcab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 64.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63042,
    "c": 0.12003,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A21

secondary

#5866C0

accent

#57E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A21

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

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