#9B9920#9B9920

#9B9920 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.134 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9920
RGB	rgb(155, 153, 32)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 79.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, -13.09, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 59.86, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% -0.0426 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.134 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1705, 29.8561, 5.8032)
Luminance	0.2985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9920 #20229B

analogous

#9B5C20 #9B9920 #609B20

triadic

#9B9920 #209B99 #99209B

tetradic

#9B9920 #209B5C #20229B #9B2060

square

#9B9920 #209B5C #20229B #9B2060

split-complementary

#9B9920 #20609B #5C209B

monochromatic

#36350B #686716 #9B9920 #CECB2A #DDDB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#9B9920 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#9B9920 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9920

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9920	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9920	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9920;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 153, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.134 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb667',
    500: '#9b9920',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9920;
$custom-light: #bcb667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9920",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66387,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9920

secondary

#5658C1

accent

#42E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9920

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

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