#9B9530#9B9530

#9B9530 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.120 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9530
RGB	rgb(155, 149, 48)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 69%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, -10.22, 51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 52.68, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% -0.033 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.12 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7995, 28.6777, 7.0248)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9530 #30369B

analogous

#9B6030 #9B9530 #6B9B30

triadic

#9B9530 #309B95 #95309B

tetradic

#9B9530 #309B60 #30369B #9B306B

square

#9B9530 #309B60 #30369B #9B306B

split-complementary

#9B9530 #306B9B #60309B

monochromatic

#3E3B13 #6C6822 #9B9530 #C5BE43 #D3CE72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#9B9530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#9B9530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9530

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9530	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 149, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.120 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb36e',
    500: '#9b9530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9530;
$custom-light: #bcb36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.636,
    "s": 52.709,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65594,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9530

secondary

#6C70BB

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9530

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

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