#9B9535#9B9535

#9B9535 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.117 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9535
RGB	rgb(155, 149, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 65.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.53, -9.92, 49.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.53, 50.60, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% -0.0316 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.117 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9085, 28.7214, 7.5992)
Luminance	0.2872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9535 #353B9B

analogous

#9B6235 #9B9535 #6E9B35

triadic

#9B9535 #359B95 #95359B

tetradic

#9B9535 #359B62 #353B9B #9B356E

square

#9B9535 #359B62 #353B9B #9B356E

split-complementary

#9B9535 #356E9B #62359B

monochromatic

#403D16 #6D6925 #9B9535 #C2BB4C #D1CC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#9B9535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#9B9535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9535

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9535	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	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)

#A29029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 149, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.117 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb371',
    500: '#9b9535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9535;
$custom-light: #bbb371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 49.038,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65637,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9535

secondary

#7276BA

accent

#57D94F

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9535

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

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