#9B9924#9B9924

#9B9924 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 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9924
RGB	rgb(155, 153, 36)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 76.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, -12.94, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 58.59, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% -0.0418 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.132 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2282, 29.8792, 6.1071)
Luminance	0.2988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9924 #24269B

analogous

#9B5E24 #9B9924 #619B24

triadic

#9B9924 #249B99 #99249B

tetradic

#9B9924 #249B5E #24269B #9B2461

square

#9B9924 #249B5E #24269B #9B2461

split-complementary

#9B9924 #24619B #5E249B

monochromatic

#38370D #696818 #9B9924 #CDCA30 #DAD85F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#9B9924 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#9B9924 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9924

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9924	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9924	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9924;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 153, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.132 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb669',
    500: '#9b9924',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9924;
$custom-light: #bcb669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9924",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.992,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6641,
    "c": 0.13188,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9924

secondary

#5C5EBF

accent

#45E542

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9924

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

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