#9B9724#9B9724

#9B9724 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.130 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9724
RGB	rgb(155, 151, 36)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 76.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, -11.88, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 57.86, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% -0.0389 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.13 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9036, 29.2300, 5.9989)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9724 #24289B

analogous

#9B5B24 #9B9724 #649B24

triadic

#9B9724 #249B97 #97249B

tetradic

#9B9724 #249B5B #24289B #9B2464

square

#9B9724 #249B5B #24289B #9B2464

split-complementary

#9B9724 #24649B #5B249B

monochromatic

#38360D #696718 #9B9724 #CDC730 #DAD65F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9B9724 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#9B9724 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9724

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9724	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9724	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49108

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9724;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 151, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.130 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb569',
    500: '#9b9724',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9724;
$custom-light: #bcb569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9724",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.983,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65958,
    "c": 0.12992,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9724

secondary

#5C5FBF

accent

#48E542

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9724

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

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