#9B9323#9B9323

#9B9323 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.127 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9323
RGB	rgb(155, 147, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 77.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, -9.80, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 56.77, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.0331 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.127 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2557, 27.9583, 5.7086)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9323 #232B9B

analogous

#9B5723 #9B9323 #679B23

triadic

#9B9323 #239B93 #93239B

tetradic

#9B9323 #239B57 #232B9B #9B2367

square

#9B9323 #239B57 #232B9B #9B2367

split-complementary

#9B9323 #23679B #57239B

monochromatic

#37340C #696418 #9B9323 #CDC22E #DBD25E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#9B9323 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#9B9323 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9323

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9323	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9323	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7897E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9323;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 147, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.127 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb268',
    500: '#9b9323',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9323;
$custom-light: #bcb268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9323",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65054,
    "c": 0.12667,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9323

secondary

#5A61BF

accent

#4DE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9323

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

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