#9B9837#9B9837

#9B9837 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.118 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9837
RGB	rgb(155, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 64.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, -11.39, 49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 50.94, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% -0.0355 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.118 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4363, 29.7017, 8.0068)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9837 #373A9B

analogous

#9B6637 #9B9837 #6C9B37

triadic

#9B9837 #379B98 #98379B

tetradic

#9B9837 #379B66 #373A9B #9B376C

square

#9B9837 #379B66 #373A9B #9B376C

split-complementary

#9B9837 #376C9B #66379B

monochromatic

#413F17 #6E6C27 #9B9837 #C0BD4F #D0CE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#9B9837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#9B9837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9837

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9837	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.118 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb673',
    500: '#9b9837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9837;
$custom-light: #bbb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.2,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66328,
    "c": 0.11807,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9837

secondary

#7476BA

accent

#55D751

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9837

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

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