#9B942E#9B942E

#9B942E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.121 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B942E
RGB	rgb(155, 148, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 70.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, -9.80, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 53.10, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% -0.032 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.121 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6016, 28.3465, 6.7598)
Luminance	0.2835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B942E #2E359B

analogous

#9B5E2E #9B942E #6C9B2E

triadic

#9B942E #2E9B94 #942E9B

tetradic

#9B942E #2E9B5E #2E359B #9B2E6C

square

#9B942E #2E9B5E #2E359B #9B2E6C

split-complementary

#9B942E #2E6C9B #5E2E9B

monochromatic

#3D3A12 #6C6720 #9B942E #C6BE40 #D4CE6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#9B942E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#9B942E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B942E

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B942E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B942E	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b942e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 148, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.121 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb36d',
    500: '#9b942e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b942e;
$custom-light: #bcb36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b942e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.147,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65354,
    "c": 0.12076,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B942E

secondary

#696EBC

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F5EC

border

#D0CFC7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B942E

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

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