#9B9E19#9B9E19

#9B9E19 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.142 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9E19
RGB	rgb(155, 158, 25)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(61, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 84.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, -15.93, 61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 63.58, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.051 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.142 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9209, 31.4932, 5.6329)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9E19 #1C199E

analogous

#9E5E19 #9B9E19 #589E19

triadic

#9B9E19 #199B9E #9E199B

tetradic

#9B9E19 #199E5E #1C199E #9E1958

square

#9B9E19 #199E5E #1C199E #9E1958

split-complementary

#9B9E19 #19589E #5E199E

monochromatic

#333408 #676911 #9B9E19 #CFD321 #E0E34E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9B9E19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#9B9E19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9E19

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9E19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9E19	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9e19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 158, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.142 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcba65',
    500: '#9b9e19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9e19;
$custom-light: #bcba65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9e19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.353,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67491,
    "c": 0.14197,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9E19

secondary

#504EC5

accent

#38EF3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9E19

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

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