#9B9C49#9B9C49

#9B9C49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.106 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9C49
RGB	rgb(155, 156, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 53.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -12.13, 42.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 44.43, 105.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% -0.0356 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.106 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6093, 31.2272, 10.9278)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9C49 #4A499C

analogous

#9C7449 #9B9C49 #719C49

triadic

#9B9C49 #499B9C #9C499B

tetradic

#9B9C49 #499C74 #4A499C #9C4971

square

#9B9C49 #499C74 #4A499C #9C4971

split-complementary

#9B9C49 #49719C #74499C

monochromatic

#484922 #727235 #9B9C49 #B8B969 #CCCC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9B9C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#9B9C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9C49

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9C49	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.106 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab97e',
    500: '#9b9c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9c49;
$custom-light: #bab97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.723,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67423,
    "c": 0.10634,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9C49

secondary

#8988B8

accent

#5CCC5D

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#12110A

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9C49

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

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