#9B9224#9B9224

#9B9224 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.125 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9224
RGB	rgb(155, 146, 36)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 76.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -9.22, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 56.09, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% -0.0314 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.125 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1159, 27.6547, 5.7363)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9224 #242D9B

analogous

#9B5624 #9B9224 #699B24

triadic

#9B9224 #249B92 #92249B

tetradic

#9B9224 #249B56 #242D9B #9B2469

square

#9B9224 #249B56 #242D9B #9B2469

split-complementary

#9B9224 #24699B #56249B

monochromatic

#38340D #696318 #9B9224 #CDC130 #DAD15F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#9B9224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#9B9224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9224

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9224	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)

#9F8D0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2922C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 146, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.125 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb168',
    500: '#9b9224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9224;
$custom-light: #bcb168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.462,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64836,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9224

secondary

#5C63BF

accent

#4FE542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9224

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

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