#9B9965#9B9965

#9B9965 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.071 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9965
RGB	rgb(155, 153, 101)
HSL	hsl(58, 21%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 35%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 34.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, -7.54, 27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 28.65, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% -0.02 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.071 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2580, 30.6912, 16.7975)
Luminance	0.3069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9965 #65679B

analogous

#9B7E65 #9B9965 #829B65

triadic

#9B9965 #659B99 #99659B

tetradic

#9B9965 #659B7E #65679B #9B6582

square

#9B9965 #659B7E #65679B #9B6582

split-complementary

#9B9965 #65829B #7E659B

monochromatic

#515035 #76754D #9B9965 #B3B28A #CBCAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#9B9965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#9B9965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9965

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9965	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19561

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 153, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.071 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b791',
    500: '#9b9965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9965;
$custom-light: #b9b791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 21.26,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67189,
    "c": 0.07117,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9965

secondary

#A2A3BA

accent

#6DBE6A

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110D

muted

#80807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9965

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

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