#9B8D21#9B8D21

#9B8D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.122 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8D21
RGB	rgb(155, 141, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 78.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, -6.65, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 55.45, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% -0.0245 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.122 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3181, 26.1292, 5.2537)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8D21 #212F9B

analogous

#9B5021 #9B8D21 #6C9B21

triadic

#9B8D21 #219B8D #8D219B

tetradic

#9B8D21 #219B50 #212F9B #9B216C

square

#9B8D21 #219B50 #212F9B #9B216C

split-complementary

#9B8D21 #216C9B #50219B

monochromatic

#36310C #695F16 #9B8D21 #CDBB2C #DCCD5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#9B8D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#9B8D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8D21

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8D21	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8906

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 141, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.122 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae66',
    500: '#9b8d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8d21;
$custom-light: #bcae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.115,
    "s": 64.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63705,
    "c": 0.12247,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8D21

secondary

#5864C0

accent

#53E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8D21

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

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