#9B9121#9B9121

#9B9121 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.126 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9121
RGB	rgb(155, 145, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 78.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, -8.81, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 56.75, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% -0.0305 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.126 104)
XYZ	xyz(23.9186, 27.3302, 5.4539)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9121 #212B9B

analogous

#9B5421 #9B9121 #689B21

triadic

#9B9121 #219B91 #91219B

tetradic

#9B9121 #219B54 #212B9B #9B2168

square

#9B9121 #219B54 #212B9B #9B2168

split-complementary

#9B9121 #21689B #54219B

monochromatic

#36330C #696216 #9B9121 #CDC02C #DCD15A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#9B9121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#9B9121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9121

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9121	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7867C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 145, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.126 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb066',
    500: '#9b9121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9121;
$custom-light: #bcb066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 64.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64595,
    "c": 0.12593,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.27329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9121

secondary

#5860C0

accent

#4EE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9121

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

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