#9B9927#9B9927

#9B9927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.130 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9927
RGB	rgb(155, 153, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 74.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, -12.80, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 57.58, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.0412 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.13 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2760, 29.8983, 6.3586)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9927 #27299B

analogous

#9B5F27 #9B9927 #639B27

triadic

#9B9927 #279B99 #99279B

tetradic

#9B9927 #279B5F #27299B #9B2763

square

#9B9927 #279B5F #27299B #9B2763

split-complementary

#9B9927 #27639B #5F279B

monochromatic

#39380E #6A691B #9B9927 #CCC933 #D8D664

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#9B9927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#9B9927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9927

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9927	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)

#A6930F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 153, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.130 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb66a',
    500: '#9b9927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9927;
$custom-light: #bcb66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66428,
    "c": 0.13019,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9927

secondary

#6062BE

accent

#48E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9927

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

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