#9B9B2B#9B9B2B

#9B9B2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.130 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9B2B
RGB	rgb(155, 155, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, -13.66, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 56.93, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% -0.0432 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.13 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6759, 30.5864, 6.8363)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9B2B #2B2B9B

analogous

#9B632B #9B9B2B #639B2B

triadic

#9B9B2B #2B9B9B #9B2B9B

tetradic

#9B9B2B #2B9B63 #2B2B9B #9B2B63

square

#9B9B2B #2B9B63 #2B2B9B #9B2B63

split-complementary

#9B9B2B #2B639B #632B9B

monochromatic

#3B3B10 #6B6B1E #9B9B2B #C9C93B #D6D66B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#9B9B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#9B9B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9B2B

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9B2B	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 155, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.130 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb86c',
    500: '#9b9b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9b2b;
$custom-light: #bcb86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66907,
    "c": 0.12978,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9B2B

secondary

#6565BC

accent

#48E048

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9B2B

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

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