#9B9955#9B9955

#9B9955 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.090 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9955
RGB	rgb(155, 153, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 45.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, -9.38, 35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 37.06, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.0265 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.09 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5490, 30.4075, 13.0633)
Luminance	0.3041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9955 #55579B

analogous

#9B7655 #9B9955 #7A9B55

triadic

#9B9955 #559B99 #99559B

tetradic

#9B9955 #559B76 #55579B #9B557A

square

#9B9955 #559B76 #55579B #9B557A

split-complementary

#9B9955 #557A9B #76559B

monochromatic

#4C4B2A #73723F #9B9955 #B5B378 #CBC9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#9B9955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#9B9955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9955

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9955	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3944F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 153, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.090 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab686',
    500: '#9b9955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9955;
$custom-light: #bab686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66918,
    "c": 0.09012,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9955

secondary

#9495B8

accent

#65C562

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12110B

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9955

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

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