#9B9721#9B9721

#9B9721 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.132 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9721
RGB	rgb(155, 151, 33)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 78.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, -12.00, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 58.83, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% -0.0395 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.132 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8597, 29.2125, 5.7676)
Luminance	0.2921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9721 #21259B

analogous

#9B5A21 #9B9721 #629B21

triadic

#9B9721 #219B97 #97219B

tetradic

#9B9721 #219B5A #21259B #9B2162

square

#9B9721 #219B5A #21259B #9B2162

split-complementary

#9B9721 #21629B #5A219B

monochromatic

#36350C #696616 #9B9721 #CDC82C #DCD85A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9B9721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#9B9721 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9721

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9721	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)

#A6952B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 151, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.132 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb567',
    500: '#9b9721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9721;
$custom-light: #bcb567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.033,
    "s": 64.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65941,
    "c": 0.13151,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9721

secondary

#585BC0

accent

#45E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9721

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

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