#9B9533#9B9533

#9B9533 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.118 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9533
RGB	rgb(155, 149, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 67.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, -10.05, 50.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 51.44, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% -0.0322 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.118 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8635, 28.7033, 7.3619)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9533 #33399B

analogous

#9B6133 #9B9533 #6D9B33

triadic

#9B9533 #339B95 #95339B

tetradic

#9B9533 #339B61 #33399B #9B336D

square

#9B9533 #339B61 #33399B #9B336D

split-complementary

#9B9533 #336D9B #61339B

monochromatic

#3F3C15 #6D6924 #9B9533 #C3BC48 #D2CD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#9B9533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#9B9533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9533

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9533	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)

#A29026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 149, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.118 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb370',
    500: '#9b9533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9533;
$custom-light: #bbb370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 50.485,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65619,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9533

secondary

#6F74BA

accent

#56DA4E

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9533

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

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