#9B9529#9B9529

#9B9529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.125 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9529
RGB	rgb(155, 149, 41)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 73.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, -10.59, 54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 55.38, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% -0.0348 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.125 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6662, 28.6244, 6.3232)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9529 #292F9B

analogous

#9B5C29 #9B9529 #689B29

triadic

#9B9529 #299B95 #95299B

tetradic

#9B9529 #299B5C #292F9B #9B2968

square

#9B9529 #299B5C #292F9B #9B2968

split-complementary

#9B9529 #29689B #5C299B

monochromatic

#3A380F #6B661C #9B9529 #CAC237 #D7D167

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#9B9529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#9B9529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9529

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9529	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)

#A28F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 149, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.125 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb36b',
    500: '#9b9529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9529;
$custom-light: #bcb36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 58.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65541,
    "c": 0.12504,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9529

secondary

#6367BD

accent

#4FE146

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9529

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

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