#9B9E1A#9B9E1A

#9B9E1A 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	#9B9E1A
RGB	rgb(155, 158, 26)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(61, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 83.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, -15.91, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 63.33, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0509 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.142 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9318, 31.4976, 5.6907)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9E1A #1D1A9E

analogous

#9E5F1A #9B9E1A #599E1A

triadic

#9B9E1A #1A9B9E #9E1A9B

tetradic

#9B9E1A #1A9E5F #1D1A9E #9E1A59

square

#9B9E1A #1A9E5F #1D1A9E #9E1A59

split-complementary

#9B9E1A #1A599E #5F1A9E

monochromatic

#343509 #676911 #9B9E1A #CFD323 #DFE250

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9B9E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#9B9E1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9E1A

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9E1A	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)

#AC9A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 158, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.142 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcba65',
    500: '#9b9e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9e1a;
$custom-light: #bcba65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.364,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67495,
    "c": 0.14158,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9E1A

secondary

#524FC5

accent

#39EE3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9E1A

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

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