#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
RGBrgb(155, 156, 73)
HSLhsl(61, 36%, 45%)
HSVhsv(61, 53%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(0.6%, 0%, 53.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LABlab(62.70, -12.13, 42.74)
CIE-LCHlch(62.70, 44.43, 105.84°)
OKLaboklab(67.42% -0.0356 0.1002)
OKLCHoklch(67.42% 0.106 109.6)
XYZxyz(26.6093, 31.2272, 10.9278)
Luminance0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##9B9C491.002.907.257.25
#FFFFFF2.901.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2521.001.001.00
##0000007.2521.001.001.00

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

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#9B9C49 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva