#9B9727#9B9727

#9B9727 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.128 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9727
RGB	rgb(155, 151, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 74.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, -11.75, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 56.84, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% -0.0382 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.128 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9514, 29.2491, 6.2504)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9727 #272B9B

analogous

#9B5D27 #9B9727 #659B27

triadic

#9B9727 #279B97 #97279B

tetradic

#9B9727 #279B5D #272B9B #9B2765

square

#9B9727 #279B5D #272B9B #9B2765

split-complementary

#9B9727 #27659B #5D279B

monochromatic

#39380E #6A671B #9B9727 #CCC733 #D8D464

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9B9727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#9B9727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9727

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9727	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)

#A49110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 151, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.128 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb56a',
    500: '#9b9727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9727;
$custom-light: #bcb56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65977,
    "c": 0.12821,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9727

secondary

#6063BE

accent

#4AE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9727

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

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