#9B9526#9B9526

#9B9526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.127 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9526
RGB	rgb(155, 149, 38)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 75.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, -10.73, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 56.46, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% -0.0355 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.127 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6159, 28.6043, 6.0579)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9526 #262C9B

analogous

#9B5A26 #9B9526 #669B26

triadic

#9B9526 #269B95 #95269B

tetradic

#9B9526 #269B5A #262C9B #9B2666

square

#9B9526 #269B5A #262C9B #9B2666

split-complementary

#9B9526 #26669B #5A269B

monochromatic

#39370E #6A661A #9B9526 #CCC432 #D9D363

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#9B9526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#9B9526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9526

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9526	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	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)

#A28F0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 149, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.127 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb369',
    500: '#9b9526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9526;
$custom-light: #bcb369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 60.622,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65521,
    "c": 0.12686,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9526

secondary

#5F64BE

accent

#4CE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9526

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

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