#9B8D20#9B8D20

#9B8D20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.123 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8D20
RGB	rgb(155, 141, 32)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 79.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -6.68, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 55.78, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.0247 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.123 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3043, 26.1237, 5.1811)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8D20 #202E9B

analogous

#9B5020 #9B8D20 #6C9B20

triadic

#9B8D20 #209B8D #8D209B

tetradic

#9B8D20 #209B50 #202E9B #9B206C

square

#9B8D20 #209B50 #202E9B #9B206C

split-complementary

#9B8D20 #206C9B #50209B

monochromatic

#36310B #685F16 #9B8D20 #CEBB2A #DDCE59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#9B8D20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#9B8D20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8D20

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8D20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8D20	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8904

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8d20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 141, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.123 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae65',
    500: '#9b8d20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8d20;
$custom-light: #bcae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8d20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.171,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63699,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8D20

secondary

#5662C1

accent

#52E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8D20

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

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