#9B9546#9B9546

#9B9546 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.101 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9546
RGB	rgb(155, 149, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 54.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -8.66, 41.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 42.78, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0261 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.101 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3713, 28.9065, 10.0362)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9546 #464C9B

analogous

#9B6B46 #9B9546 #779B46

triadic

#9B9546 #469B95 #95469B

tetradic

#9B9546 #469B6B #464C9B #9B4677

square

#9B9546 #469B6B #464C9B #9B4677

split-complementary

#9B9546 #46779B #6B469B

monochromatic

#474420 #716C33 #9B9546 #B9B365 #CCC88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9B9546 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#9B9546 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9546

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9546	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9546	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0903E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3944A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9546;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 149, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.101 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab47c',
    500: '#9b9546',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9546;
$custom-light: #bab47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9546",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.765,
    "s": 37.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6582,
    "c": 0.10144,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9546

secondary

#8588B8

accent

#62CE5A

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#12110A

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9546

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

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