#9B9942#9B9942

#9B9942 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.110 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9942
RGB	rgb(155, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 57.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, -11.13, 45.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 46.42, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% -0.0336 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.11 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8929, 30.1451, 9.6078)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9942 #42449B

analogous

#9B6C42 #9B9942 #709B42

triadic

#9B9942 #429B99 #99429B

tetradic

#9B9942 #429B6C #42449B #9B4270

square

#9B9942 #429B6C #42449B #9B4270

split-complementary

#9B9942 #42709B #6C429B

monochromatic

#45441D #706F30 #9B9942 #BBB95F #CDCC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#9B9942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#9B9942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9942

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9942	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.110 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb67a',
    500: '#9b9942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9942;
$custom-light: #bbb67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.652,
    "s": 40.271,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66666,
    "c": 0.10964,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9942

secondary

#8182B8

accent

#5AD058

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9942

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

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