#9B9223#9B9223

#9B9223 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.126 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9223
RGB	rgb(155, 146, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 77.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, -9.26, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 56.43, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% -0.0316 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.126 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1009, 27.6487, 5.6570)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9223 #232C9B

analogous

#9B5623 #9B9223 #689B23

triadic

#9B9223 #239B92 #92239B

tetradic

#9B9223 #239B56 #232C9B #9B2368

square

#9B9223 #239B56 #232C9B #9B2368

split-complementary

#9B9223 #23689B #56239B

monochromatic

#37340C #696318 #9B9223 #CDC12E #DBD15E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#9B9223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#9B9223 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9223

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9223	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)

#9F8D08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 146, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.126 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb167',
    500: '#9b9223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9223;
$custom-light: #bcb167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6483,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9223

secondary

#5A62BF

accent

#4EE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9223

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

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