#9B9527#9B9527

#9B9527 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.126 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9527
RGB	rgb(155, 149, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 74.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, -10.69, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 56.10, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% -0.0353 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.126 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6322, 28.6108, 6.1440)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9527 #272D9B

analogous

#9B5B27 #9B9527 #679B27

triadic

#9B9527 #279B95 #95279B

tetradic

#9B9527 #279B5B #272D9B #9B2767

square

#9B9527 #279B5B #272D9B #9B2767

split-complementary

#9B9527 #27679B #5B279B

monochromatic

#39370E #6A661B #9B9527 #CCC433 #D8D264

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#9B9527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#9B9527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9527

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9527	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)

#A28F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 149, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.126 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb36a',
    500: '#9b9527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9527;
$custom-light: #bcb36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65527,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9527

secondary

#6065BE

accent

#4DE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9527

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

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