#9B9820#9B9820

#9B9820 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.133 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9820
RGB	rgb(155, 152, 32)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 79.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, -12.57, 58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 59.50, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% -0.0412 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.133 108)
XYZ	xyz(25.0075, 29.5302, 5.7488)
Luminance	0.2953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9820 #20239B

analogous

#9B5B20 #9B9820 #619B20

triadic

#9B9820 #209B98 #98209B

tetradic

#9B9820 #209B5B #20239B #9B2061

square

#9B9820 #209B5B #20239B #9B2061

split-complementary

#9B9820 #20619B #5B209B

monochromatic

#36350B #686616 #9B9820 #CECA2A #DDD959

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#9B9820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#9B9820 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9820

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9820	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 152, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.133 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb667',
    500: '#9b9820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9820;
$custom-light: #bcb667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66161,
    "c": 0.13298,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.29529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9820

secondary

#5659C1

accent

#43E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9820

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

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