#9B9541#9B9541

#9B9541 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.106 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9541
RGB	rgb(155, 149, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 58.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, -9.07, 44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 45.18, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% -0.0278 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.106 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2199, 28.8459, 9.2393)
Luminance	0.2884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9541 #41479B

analogous

#9B6841 #9B9541 #749B41

triadic

#9B9541 #419B95 #95419B

tetradic

#9B9541 #419B68 #41479B #9B4174

square

#9B9541 #419B68 #41479B #9B4174

split-complementary

#9B9541 #41749B #68419B

monochromatic

#45421D #706C2F #9B9541 #BBB55E #CDC989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9B9541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#9B9541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9541

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9541	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 149, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.106 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb379',
    500: '#9b9541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9541;
$custom-light: #bbb379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 40.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6576,
    "c": 0.10624,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9541

secondary

#8083B8

accent

#5FD157

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9541

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

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