#9B9531#9B9531

#9B9531 is a light, moderate 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	#9B9531
RGB	rgb(155, 149, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 68.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, -10.17, 51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 52.27, 101.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% -0.0328 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.12 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8203, 28.6861, 7.1347)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9531 #31379B

analogous

#9B6031 #9B9531 #6C9B31

triadic

#9B9531 #319B95 #95319B

tetradic

#9B9531 #319B60 #31379B #9B316C

square

#9B9531 #319B60 #31379B #9B316C

split-complementary

#9B9531 #316C9B #60319B

monochromatic

#3E3C14 #6D6822 #9B9531 #C4BD45 #D3CE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#9B9531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#9B9531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9531

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9531	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)

#A29023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 149, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.120 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb36f',
    500: '#9b9531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9531;
$custom-light: #bbb36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.604,
    "s": 51.961,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65602,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9531

secondary

#6D71BB

accent

#54DB4C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9531

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →