#9B801E#9B801E

#9B801E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.115 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B801E
RGB	rgb(155, 128, 30)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.56, 0.40, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.56, 52.81, 89.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% -0.0048 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.115 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4723, 22.5020, 4.4404)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B801E #1E399B

analogous

#9B421E #9B801E #789B1E

triadic

#9B801E #1E9B80 #801E9B

tetradic

#9B801E #1E9B42 #1E399B #9B1E78

square

#9B801E #1E9B42 #1E399B #9B1E78

split-complementary

#9B801E #1E789B #421E9B

monochromatic

#342B0A #685614 #9B801E #CEAA28 #DEC155

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#9B801E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#9B801E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B801E

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B801E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B801E	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8756E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b801e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 128, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.115 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda463',
    500: '#9b801e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b801e;
$custom-light: #bda463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b801e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.04,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60846,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B801E

secondary

#536BC2

accent

#63EA3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F3EB

border

#D1CDC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B801E

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

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