#9B9237#9B9237

#9B9237 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.112 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9237
RGB	rgb(155, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 64.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, -8.19, 47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 48.56, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0265 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.112 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4870, 27.8031, 7.6904)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9237 #37409B

analogous

#9B6037 #9B9237 #729B37

triadic

#9B9237 #379B92 #92379B

tetradic

#9B9237 #379B60 #37409B #9B3772

square

#9B9237 #379B60 #37409B #9B3772

split-complementary

#9B9237 #37729B #60379B

monochromatic

#413D17 #6E6727 #9B9237 #C0B64F #D0C97C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#9B9237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#9B9237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9237

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9237	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.112 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb172',
    500: '#9b9237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9237;
$custom-light: #bbb172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.6,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64986,
    "c": 0.11198,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9237

secondary

#747ABA

accent

#5DD751

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F5ED

border

#D0CFC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9237

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

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