#9B962B#9B962B

#9B962B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.125 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B962B
RGB	rgb(155, 150, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 72.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, -11.03, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 55.01, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% -0.0358 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.125 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8609, 28.9565, 6.5646)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B962B #2B309B

analogous

#9B5E2B #9B962B #689B2B

triadic

#9B962B #2B9B96 #962B9B

tetradic

#9B962B #2B9B5E #2B309B #9B2B68

square

#9B962B #2B9B5E #2B309B #9B2B68

split-complementary

#9B962B #2B689B #5E2B9B

monochromatic

#3B3910 #6B681E #9B962B #C9C23B #D6D16B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#9B962B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#9B962B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B962B

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B962B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B962B	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b962b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 150, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.125 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb46c',
    500: '#9b962b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b962b;
$custom-light: #bcb46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b962b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.321,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65779,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B962B

secondary

#6569BC

accent

#4FE048

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B962B

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

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