#9B8D24#9B8D24

#9B8D24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.121 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8D24
RGB	rgb(155, 141, 36)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 76.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, -6.52, 54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 54.42, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% -0.0238 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.121 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3620, 26.1468, 5.4850)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8D24 #24329B

analogous

#9B5124 #9B8D24 #6E9B24

triadic

#9B8D24 #249B8D #8D249B

tetradic

#9B8D24 #249B51 #24329B #9B246E

square

#9B8D24 #249B51 #24329B #9B246E

split-complementary

#9B8D24 #246E9B #51249B

monochromatic

#38330D #696018 #9B8D24 #CDBA30 #DACC5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#9B8D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#9B8D24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8D24

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8D24	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)

#9B890E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 141, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.121 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae67',
    500: '#9b8d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8d24;
$custom-light: #bcae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63723,
    "c": 0.1208,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8D24

secondary

#5C68BF

accent

#56E542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8D24

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

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