#9B9524#9B9524

#9B9524 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.128 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9524
RGB	rgb(155, 149, 36)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 76.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, -10.82, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 57.14, 100.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% -0.0359 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.128 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5845, 28.5917, 5.8925)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9524 #242A9B

analogous

#9B5A24 #9B9524 #659B24

triadic

#9B9524 #249B95 #95249B

tetradic

#9B9524 #249B5A #242A9B #9B2465

square

#9B9524 #249B5A #242A9B #9B2465

split-complementary

#9B9524 #24659B #5A249B

monochromatic

#38360D #696518 #9B9524 #CDC530 #DAD45F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#9B9524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#9B9524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9524

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9524	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 149, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.128 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb368',
    500: '#9b9524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9524;
$custom-light: #bcb368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.975,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65508,
    "c": 0.12799,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9524

secondary

#5C61BF

accent

#4BE542

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9524

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

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