#9B9840#9B9840

#9B9840 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.110 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9840
RGB	rgb(155, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 58.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, -10.75, 45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 46.92, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% -0.0327 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.11 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6720, 29.7960, 9.2484)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9840 #40439B

analogous

#9B6A40 #9B9840 #709B40

triadic

#9B9840 #409B98 #98409B

tetradic

#9B9840 #409B6A #40439B #9B4070

square

#9B9840 #409B6A #40439B #9B4070

split-complementary

#9B9840 #40709B #6A409B

monochromatic

#44431C #706E2E #9B9840 #BCB95C #CECB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#9B9840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#9B9840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9840

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9840	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.110 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb678',
    500: '#9b9840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9840;
$custom-light: #bbb678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.022,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6642,
    "c": 0.11038,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9840

secondary

#7E80B8

accent

#5AD156

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9840

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

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