#9B9520#9B9520

#9B9520 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.130 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9520
RGB	rgb(155, 149, 32)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 79.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, -10.98, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 58.44, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% -0.0367 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.13 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5268, 28.5687, 5.5886)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9520 #20269B

analogous

#9B5820 #9B9520 #649B20

triadic

#9B9520 #209B95 #95209B

tetradic

#9B9520 #209B58 #20269B #9B2064

square

#9B9520 #209B58 #20269B #9B2064

split-complementary

#9B9520 #20649B #58209B

monochromatic

#36330B #686416 #9B9520 #CEC62A #DDD659

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#9B9520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#9B9520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9520

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9520	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)

#A5942A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 149, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.130 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb367',
    500: '#9b9520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9520;
$custom-light: #bcb367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65485,
    "c": 0.13011,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9520

secondary

#565BC1

accent

#47E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9520

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

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