#9B9565#9B9565

#9B9565 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.066 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9565
RGB	rgb(155, 149, 101)
HSL	hsl(53, 21%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 35%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 34.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, -5.37, 26.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 26.73, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.0137 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.066 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6143, 29.4037, 16.5829)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9565 #656B9B

analogous

#9B7A65 #9B9565 #869B65

triadic

#9B9565 #659B95 #95659B

tetradic

#9B9565 #659B7A #656B9B #9B6586

square

#9B9565 #659B7A #656B9B #9B6586

split-complementary

#9B9565 #65869B #7A659B

monochromatic

#514E35 #76724D #9B9565 #B3AF8A #CBC8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#9B9565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#9B9565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9565

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9565	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9262

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 149, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.066 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b491',
    500: '#9b9565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9565;
$custom-light: #b9b491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 21.26,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66309,
    "c": 0.06636,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9565

secondary

#A2A5BA

accent

#73BE6A

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110D

muted

#80807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9565

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

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