#9B9424#9B9424

#9B9424 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.127 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9424
RGB	rgb(155, 148, 36)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 76.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, -10.29, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 56.79, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.0344 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.127 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4269, 28.2767, 5.8400)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9424 #242B9B

analogous

#9B5924 #9B9424 #669B24

triadic

#9B9424 #249B94 #94249B

tetradic

#9B9424 #249B59 #242B9B #9B2466

square

#9B9424 #249B59 #242B9B #9B2466

split-complementary

#9B9424 #24669B #59249B

monochromatic

#38350D #696518 #9B9424 #CDC330 #DAD35F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#9B9424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#9B9424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9424

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9424	1.00	3.16	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 148, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.127 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb368',
    500: '#9b9424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9424;
$custom-light: #bcb368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65284,
    "c": 0.12705,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9424

secondary

#5C62BF

accent

#4CE542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9424

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

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