#9B9561#9B9561

#9B9561 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.071 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9561
RGB	rgb(155, 149, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 23%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 37%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 37.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, -5.87, 28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 28.88, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% -0.0154 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.071 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4231, 29.3272, 15.5758)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9561 #61679B

analogous

#9B7861 #9B9561 #849B61

triadic

#9B9561 #619B95 #95619B

tetradic

#9B9561 #619B78 #61679B #9B6184

square

#9B9561 #619B78 #61679B #9B6184

split-complementary

#9B9561 #61849B #78619B

monochromatic

#504D32 #757149 #9B9561 #B3AF86 #CBC8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#9B9561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#9B9561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9561

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9561	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E925D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 149, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.071 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b48e',
    500: '#9b9561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9561;
$custom-light: #b9b48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 23.016,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66234,
    "c": 0.07132,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9561

secondary

#9FA1B9

accent

#71C068

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9561

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

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