#9B9537#9B9537

#9B9537 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.115 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9537
RGB	rgb(155, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 64.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.55, -9.79, 48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.55, 49.73, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% -0.031 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.115 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9555, 28.7401, 7.8465)
Luminance	0.2874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9537 #373D9B

analogous

#9B6337 #9B9537 #6F9B37

triadic

#9B9537 #379B95 #95379B

tetradic

#9B9537 #379B63 #373D9B #9B376F

square

#9B9537 #379B63 #373D9B #9B376F

split-complementary

#9B9537 #376F9B #63379B

monochromatic

#413E17 #6E6A27 #9B9537 #C0BA4F #D0CB7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#9B9537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#9B9537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9537

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9537	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1902B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.115 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb373',
    500: '#9b9537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9537;
$custom-light: #bbb373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65655,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9537

secondary

#7478BA

accent

#59D751

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9537

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

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