#9B8D25#9B8D25

#9B8D25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.120 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8D25
RGB	rgb(155, 141, 37)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 76.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, -6.48, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 54.06, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% -0.0236 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.12 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3775, 26.1530, 5.5666)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8D25 #25339B

analogous

#9B5225 #9B8D25 #6E9B25

triadic

#9B8D25 #259B8D #8D259B

tetradic

#9B8D25 #259B52 #25339B #9B256E

square

#9B8D25 #259B52 #25339B #9B256E

split-complementary

#9B8D25 #256E9B #52259B

monochromatic

#38330D #6A6019 #9B8D25 #CCBA31 #D9CB61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#9B8D25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#9B8D25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8D25

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8D25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8D25	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)

#9B8910

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8d25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 141, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.120 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae68',
    500: '#9b8d25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8d25;
$custom-light: #bcae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8d25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6373,
    "c": 0.12021,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8D25

secondary

#5D69BF

accent

#56E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8D25

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

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