#9B8E24#9B8E24

#9B8E24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.122 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8E24
RGB	rgb(155, 142, 36)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 76.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, -7.06, 54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 54.74, 97.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.0254 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.122 102)
XYZ	xyz(23.5101, 26.4430, 5.5344)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8E24 #24319B

analogous

#9B5224 #9B8E24 #6D9B24

triadic

#9B8E24 #249B8E #8E249B

tetradic

#9B8E24 #249B52 #24319B #9B246D

square

#9B8E24 #249B52 #24319B #9B246D

split-complementary

#9B8E24 #246D9B #52249B

monochromatic

#38330D #696118 #9B8E24 #CDBB30 #DACD5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9B8E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#9B8E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8E24

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8E24	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C890E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 142, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.122 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae67',
    500: '#9b8e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8e24;
$custom-light: #bcae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.445,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63945,
    "c": 0.12164,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.26442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8E24

secondary

#5C67BF

accent

#54E542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8E24

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

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