#9B802B#9B802B

#9B802B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.107 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B802B
RGB	rgb(155, 128, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 72.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, 0.99, 47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 47.86, 88.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% -0.0017 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.107 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6740, 22.5826, 5.5023)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B802B #2B469B

analogous

#9B482B #9B802B #7E9B2B

triadic

#9B802B #2B9B80 #802B9B

tetradic

#9B802B #2B9B48 #2B469B #9B2B7E

square

#9B802B #2B9B48 #2B469B #9B2B7E

split-complementary

#9B802B #2B7E9B #482B9B

monochromatic

#3B3110 #6B581E #9B802B #C9A63B #D6BC6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#9B802B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#9B802B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B802B

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B802B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B802B	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95862F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8756F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b802b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 128, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.107 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca46a',
    500: '#9b802b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b802b;
$custom-light: #bca46a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b802b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.536,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60939,
    "c": 0.10672,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B802B

secondary

#657ABC

accent

#6DE048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B802B

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

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