#9B9521#9B9521

#9B9521 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	#9B9521
RGB	rgb(155, 149, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 78.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, -10.94, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 58.12, 100.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% -0.0365 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.13 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5406, 28.5742, 5.6612)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9521 #21279B

analogous

#9B5821 #9B9521 #649B21

triadic

#9B9521 #219B95 #95219B

tetradic

#9B9521 #219B58 #21279B #9B2164

square

#9B9521 #219B58 #21279B #9B2164

split-complementary

#9B9521 #21649B #58219B

monochromatic

#36340C #696416 #9B9521 #CDC62C #DCD65A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#9B9521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#9B9521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9521

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9521	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)

#A28F01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 149, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.130 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb367',
    500: '#9b9521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9521;
$custom-light: #bcb367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 64.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65491,
    "c": 0.12961,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9521

secondary

#585DC0

accent

#48E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9521

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

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