#9B9D23#9B9D23

#9B9D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.136 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9D23
RGB	rgb(155, 157, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 77.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.68, -15.07, 58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.68, 60.42, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% -0.0479 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.136 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8789, 31.2046, 6.2497)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9D23 #25239D

analogous

#9D6223 #9B9D23 #5E9D23

triadic

#9B9D23 #239B9D #9D239B

tetradic

#9B9D23 #239D62 #25239D #9D235E

square

#9B9D23 #239D62 #25239D #9D235E

split-complementary

#9B9D23 #235E9D #62239D

monochromatic

#38390D #6A6B18 #9B9D23 #CCCF2E #D9DB5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9B9D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#9B9D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9D23

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9D23	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 157, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.136 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb969',
    500: '#9b9d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9d23;
$custom-light: #bcb969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.984,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67311,
    "c": 0.13644,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9D23

secondary

#5D5CC0

accent

#41E744

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9D23

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

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