#9B971E#9B971E

#9B971E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.133 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B971E
RGB	rgb(155, 151, 30)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.95, -12.11, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.95, 59.74, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% -0.0401 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.133 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8195, 29.1964, 5.5561)
Luminance	0.2920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B971E #1E229B

analogous

#9B591E #9B971E #619B1E

triadic

#9B971E #1E9B97 #971E9B

tetradic

#9B971E #1E9B59 #1E229B #9B1E61

square

#9B971E #1E9B59 #1E229B #9B1E61

split-complementary

#9B971E #1E619B #591E9B

monochromatic

#34330A #686514 #9B971E #CEC928 #DEDA55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9B971E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#9B971E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B971E

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B971E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B971E	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b971e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 151, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.133 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb566',
    500: '#9b971e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b971e;
$custom-light: #bcb566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b971e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.08,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65925,
    "c": 0.13298,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B971E

secondary

#5357C2

accent

#43EA3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B971E

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

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