#9B901E#9B901E

#9B901E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.127 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B901E
RGB	rgb(155, 144, 30)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, -8.38, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 57.37, 98.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% -0.0296 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.127 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7263, 27.0098, 5.1917)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B901E #1E299B

analogous

#9B521E #9B901E #689B1E

triadic

#9B901E #1E9B90 #901E9B

tetradic

#9B901E #1E9B52 #1E299B #9B1E68

square

#9B901E #1E9B52 #1E299B #9B1E68

split-complementary

#9B901E #1E689B #521E9B

monochromatic

#34310A #686014 #9B901E #CEC028 #DED255

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9B901E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#9B901E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B901E

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B901E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B901E	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b901e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 144, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.127 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb065',
    500: '#9b901e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b901e;
$custom-light: #bcb065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b901e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.72,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64355,
    "c": 0.12657,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B901E

secondary

#535DC2

accent

#4DEA3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B901E

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

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