#9B951E#9B951E

#9B951E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.131 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B951E
RGB	rgb(155, 149, 30)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, -11.05, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 59.04, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% -0.0371 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.131 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5004, 28.5581, 5.4497)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B951E #1E249B

analogous

#9B571E #9B951E #639B1E

triadic

#9B951E #1E9B95 #951E9B

tetradic

#9B951E #1E9B57 #1E249B #9B1E63

square

#9B951E #1E9B57 #1E249B #9B1E63

split-complementary

#9B951E #1E639B #571E9B

monochromatic

#34320A #686414 #9B951E #CEC628 #DED855

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#9B951E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#9B951E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B951E

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B951E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B951E	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b951e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 149, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.131 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb366',
    500: '#9b951e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b951e;
$custom-light: #bcb366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b951e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65475,
    "c": 0.13109,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B951E

secondary

#5359C2

accent

#46EA3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B951E

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

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