#9B9923#9B9923

#9B9923 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.132 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9923
RGB	rgb(155, 153, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 77.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, -12.98, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 58.92, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% -0.042 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.132 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2132, 29.8732, 6.0278)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9923 #23259B

analogous

#9B5D23 #9B9923 #619B23

triadic

#9B9923 #239B99 #99239B

tetradic

#9B9923 #239B5D #23259B #9B2361

square

#9B9923 #239B5D #23259B #9B2361

split-complementary

#9B9923 #23619B #5D239B

monochromatic

#37360C #696818 #9B9923 #CDCA2E #DBD95E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#9B9923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#9B9923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9923

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9923	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)

#A69304

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 153, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.132 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb668',
    500: '#9b9923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9923;
$custom-light: #bcb668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66404,
    "c": 0.13242,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9923

secondary

#5A5CBF

accent

#44E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9923

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

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