#9B9221#9B9221

#9B9221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.127 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9221
RGB	rgb(155, 146, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 78.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, -9.34, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 57.09, 99.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% -0.032 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.127 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0720, 27.6371, 5.5051)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9221 #212A9B

analogous

#9B5521 #9B9221 #679B21

triadic

#9B9221 #219B92 #92219B

tetradic

#9B9221 #219B55 #212A9B #9B2167

square

#9B9221 #219B55 #212A9B #9B2167

split-complementary

#9B9221 #21679B #55219B

monochromatic

#36330C #696216 #9B9221 #CDC22C #DCD25A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#9B9221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#9B9221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9221

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9221	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 146, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.127 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb167',
    500: '#9b9221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9221;
$custom-light: #bcb167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.574,
    "s": 64.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64818,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9221

secondary

#585FC0

accent

#4CE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9221

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

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