#9B9824#9B9824

#9B9824 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.131 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9824
RGB	rgb(155, 152, 36)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 76.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, -12.41, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 58.23, 102.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% -0.0404 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.131 108)
XYZ	xyz(25.0652, 29.5533, 6.0527)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9824 #24279B

analogous

#9B5C24 #9B9824 #639B24

triadic

#9B9824 #249B98 #98249B

tetradic

#9B9824 #249B5C #24279B #9B2463

square

#9B9824 #249B5C #24279B #9B2463

split-complementary

#9B9824 #24639B #5C249B

monochromatic

#38370D #696718 #9B9824 #CDC930 #DAD75F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#9B9824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#9B9824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9824

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9824	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)

#A59207

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 152, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.131 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb669',
    500: '#9b9824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9824;
$custom-light: #bcb669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.487,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66184,
    "c": 0.13089,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.29552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9824

secondary

#5C5EBF

accent

#47E542

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9824

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

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