#9B9420#9B9420

#9B9420 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.129 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9420
RGB	rgb(155, 148, 32)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 79.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, -10.45, 57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 58.09, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% -0.0352 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.129 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3692, 28.2536, 5.5361)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9420 #20279B

analogous

#9B5720 #9B9420 #659B20

triadic

#9B9420 #209B94 #94209B

tetradic

#9B9420 #209B57 #20279B #9B2065

square

#9B9420 #209B57 #20279B #9B2065

split-complementary

#9B9420 #20659B #57209B

monochromatic

#36330B #686416 #9B9420 #CEC42A #DDD559

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#9B9420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#9B9420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9420

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9420	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 148, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.129 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb366',
    500: '#9b9420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9420;
$custom-light: #bcb366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.585,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65261,
    "c": 0.12918,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9420

secondary

#565CC1

accent

#49E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9420

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

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