#9B992A#9B992A

#9B992A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.128 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B992A
RGB	rgb(155, 153, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 72.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, -12.66, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 56.52, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% -0.0405 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.128 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3277, 29.9190, 6.6308)
Luminance	0.2992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B992A #2A2C9B

analogous

#9B602A #9B992A #649B2A

triadic

#9B992A #2A9B99 #992A9B

tetradic

#9B992A #2A9B60 #2A2C9B #9B2A64

square

#9B992A #2A9B60 #2A2C9B #9B2A64

split-complementary

#9B992A #2A649B #602A9B

monochromatic

#3B3A10 #6B691D #9B992A #C9C739 #D6D469

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#9B992A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#9B992A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B992A

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B992A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B992A	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)

#A69315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b992a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 153, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.128 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb66c',
    500: '#9b992a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b992a;
$custom-light: #bcb66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b992a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.938,
    "s": 57.36,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66448,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B992A

secondary

#6466BD

accent

#4AE147

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B992A

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

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