#9B911E#9B911E

#9B911E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.127 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B911E
RGB	rgb(155, 145, 30)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, -8.92, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 57.70, 98.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% -0.0311 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.127 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8784, 27.3141, 5.2424)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B911E #1E289B

analogous

#9B531E #9B911E #679B1E

triadic

#9B911E #1E9B91 #911E9B

tetradic

#9B911E #1E9B53 #1E289B #9B1E67

square

#9B911E #1E9B53 #1E289B #9B1E67

split-complementary

#9B911E #1E679B #531E9B

monochromatic

#34310A #686114 #9B911E #CEC128 #DED355

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#9B911E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#9B911E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B911E

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B911E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B911E	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7867C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b911e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 145, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.127 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb065',
    500: '#9b911e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b911e;
$custom-light: #bcb065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b911e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64578,
    "c": 0.12746,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B911E

secondary

#535CC2

accent

#4BEA3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B911E

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

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