#9B9E59#9B9E59

#9B9E59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.092 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9E59
RGB	rgb(155, 158, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 28%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 44%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 43.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, -11.62, 35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 37.42, 108.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.0325 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.092 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5480, 32.1441, 14.2025)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9E59 #5C599E

analogous

#9E7E59 #9B9E59 #789E59

triadic

#9B9E59 #599B9E #9E599B

tetradic

#9B9E59 #599E7E #5C599E #9E5978

square

#9B9E59 #599E7E #5C599E #9E5978

split-complementary

#9B9E59 #59789E #7E599E

monochromatic

#4E502D #757743 #9B9E59 #B4B67E #CBCCA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#9B9E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#9B9E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9E59

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9E59	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89B5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 158, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.092 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baba89',
    500: '#9b9e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9e59;
$custom-light: #baba89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 27.935,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68096,
    "c": 0.09175,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9E59

secondary

#9A99BA

accent

#64C468

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110B

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9E59

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

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