#9B9C2A#9B9C2A

#9B9C2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.131 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9C2A
RGB	rgb(155, 156, 42)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 73.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, -14.23, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 57.68, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% -0.0449 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.131 110)
XYZ	xyz(25.8249, 30.9134, 6.7966)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9C2A #2B2A9C

analogous

#9C642A #9B9C2A #629C2A

triadic

#9B9C2A #2A9B9C #9C2A9B

tetradic

#9B9C2A #2A9C64 #2B2A9C #9C2A62

square

#9B9C2A #2A9C64 #2B2A9C #9C2A62

split-complementary

#9B9C2A #2A629C #642A9C

monochromatic

#3B3C10 #6B6C1D #9B9C2A #C9CA39 #D6D76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#9B9C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#9B9C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9C2A

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9C2A	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 156, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.131 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb96c',
    500: '#9b9c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9c2a;
$custom-light: #bcb96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.526,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67127,
    "c": 0.13144,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.30913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9C2A

secondary

#6565BD

accent

#47E148

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9C2A

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

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