#9B9B28#9B9B28

#9B9B28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.132 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9B28
RGB	rgb(155, 155, 40)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.14, -13.81, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.14, 58.00, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% -0.0439 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.132 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6228, 30.5652, 6.5570)
Luminance	0.3056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9B28 #28289B

analogous

#9B6128 #9B9B28 #619B28

triadic

#9B9B28 #289B9B #9B289B

tetradic

#9B9B28 #289B61 #28289B #9B2861

square

#9B9B28 #289B61 #28289B #9B2861

split-complementary

#9B9B28 #28619B #61289B

monochromatic

#3A3A0F #6A6A1B #9B9B28 #CBCB35 #D7D766

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#9B9B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#9B9B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9B28

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9B28	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 155, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.132 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb86b',
    500: '#9b9b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9b28;
$custom-light: #bcb86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66887,
    "c": 0.13162,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9B28

secondary

#6161BD

accent

#46E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9B28

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

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