#9B9538#9B9538

#9B9538 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.114 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9538
RGB	rgb(155, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 63.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, -9.73, 48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 49.29, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% -0.0307 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.114 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9797, 28.7498, 7.9741)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9538 #383E9B

analogous

#9B6438 #9B9538 #709B38

triadic

#9B9538 #389B95 #95389B

tetradic

#9B9538 #389B64 #383E9B #9B3870

square

#9B9538 #389B64 #383E9B #9B3870

split-complementary

#9B9538 #38709B #64389B

monochromatic

#413F18 #6E6A28 #9B9538 #C0B950 #D0CB7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#9B9538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#9B9538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9538

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9538	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)

#A1902D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.114 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb373',
    500: '#9b9538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9538;
$custom-light: #bbb373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65665,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9538

secondary

#7579B9

accent

#59D751

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9538

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

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