#9B9525#9B9525

#9B9525 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.127 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9525
RGB	rgb(155, 149, 37)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 76.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, -10.78, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 56.80, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% -0.0357 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.127 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6000, 28.5979, 5.9740)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9525 #252B9B

analogous

#9B5A25 #9B9525 #669B25

triadic

#9B9525 #259B95 #95259B

tetradic

#9B9525 #259B5A #252B9B #9B2566

square

#9B9525 #259B5A #252B9B #9B2566

split-complementary

#9B9525 #25669B #5A259B

monochromatic

#38360D #6A6619 #9B9525 #CCC431 #D9D361

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#9B9525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#9B9525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9525

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9525	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)

#A28F0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 149, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.127 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb369',
    500: '#9b9525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9525;
$custom-light: #bcb369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.949,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65514,
    "c": 0.12744,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9525

secondary

#5D62BF

accent

#4BE543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9525

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

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