#9B9620#9B9620

#9B9620 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.131 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9620
RGB	rgb(155, 150, 32)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 79.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, -11.51, 57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 58.79, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% -0.0382 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.131 107)
XYZ	xyz(24.6857, 28.8864, 5.6415)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9620 #20259B

analogous

#9B5920 #9B9620 #639B20

triadic

#9B9620 #209B96 #96209B

tetradic

#9B9620 #209B59 #20259B #9B2063

square

#9B9620 #209B59 #20259B #9B2063

split-complementary

#9B9620 #20639B #59209B

monochromatic

#36340B #686516 #9B9620 #CEC72A #DDD759

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9B9620 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#9B9620 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9620

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9620	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9620	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)

#A39000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6942A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9620;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 150, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.131 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb467',
    500: '#9b9620',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9620;
$custom-light: #bcb467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9620",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.561,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6571,
    "c": 0.13106,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.28886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9620

secondary

#565BC1

accent

#46E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9620

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

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