#9B9225#9B9225

#9B9225 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	#9B9225
RGB	rgb(155, 146, 37)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 76.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -9.18, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 55.74, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% -0.0312 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.125 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1314, 27.6609, 5.8179)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9225 #252E9B

analogous

#9B5725 #9B9225 #699B25

triadic

#9B9225 #259B92 #92259B

tetradic

#9B9225 #259B57 #252E9B #9B2569

square

#9B9225 #259B57 #252E9B #9B2569

split-complementary

#9B9225 #25699B #57259B

monochromatic

#38350D #6A6319 #9B9225 #CCC131 #D9D061

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#9B9225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#9B9225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9225

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9225	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#9F8D0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2922D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 146, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.125 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb168',
    500: '#9b9225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9225;
$custom-light: #bcb168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64842,
    "c": 0.12462,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9225

secondary

#5D65BF

accent

#50E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9225

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

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