#9B7E22#9B7E22

#9B7E22 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.111 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B7E22
RGB	rgb(155, 126, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 78.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, 1.68, 50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 50.92, 88.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% -0.0008 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.111 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2684, 22.0071, 4.6406)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B7E22 #223F9B

analogous

#9B4222 #9B7E22 #7C9B22

triadic

#9B7E22 #229B7E #7E229B

tetradic

#9B7E22 #229B42 #223F9B #9B227C

square

#9B7E22 #229B42 #223F9B #9B227C

split-complementary

#9B7E22 #227C9B #42229B

monochromatic

#372C0C #695517 #9B7E22 #CDA72D #DBBD5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#9B7E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#9B7E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B7E22

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B7E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B7E22	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8736C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b7e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 126, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.111 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda365',
    500: '#9b7e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b7e22;
$custom-light: #bda365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b7e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.62,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60442,
    "c": 0.11131,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B7E22

secondary

#5972C0

accent

#69E741

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B7E22

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

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