#9B9020#9B9020

#9B9020 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.126 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9020
RGB	rgb(155, 144, 32)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 79.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, -8.31, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 56.75, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.0292 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.126 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7526, 27.0204, 5.3305)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9020 #202B9B

analogous

#9B5320 #9B9020 #699B20

triadic

#9B9020 #209B90 #90209B

tetradic

#9B9020 #209B53 #202B9B #9B2069

square

#9B9020 #209B53 #202B9B #9B2069

split-complementary

#9B9020 #20699B #53209B

monochromatic

#36320B #686116 #9B9020 #CEBF2A #DDD159

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9B9020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#9B9020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9020

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9020	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)

#9E8B02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 144, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.126 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb066',
    500: '#9b9020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9020;
$custom-light: #bcb066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64366,
    "c": 0.12557,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9020

secondary

#5660C1

accent

#4EE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9020

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

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