#9B821E#9B821E

#9B821E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.116 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B821E
RGB	rgb(155, 130, 30)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, -0.71, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 53.30, 90.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% -0.008 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.116 94)
XYZ	xyz(21.7358, 23.0289, 4.5282)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B821E #1E379B

analogous

#9B441E #9B821E #769B1E

triadic

#9B821E #1E9B82 #821E9B

tetradic

#9B821E #1E9B44 #1E379B #9B1E76

square

#9B821E #1E9B44 #1E379B #9B1E76

split-complementary

#9B821E #1E769B #441E9B

monochromatic

#342C0A #685714 #9B821E #CEAD28 #DEC355

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#9B821E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#9B821E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B821E

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B821E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B821E	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918005

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8776F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b821e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 130, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.116 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda563',
    500: '#9b821e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b821e;
$custom-light: #bda563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b821e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61277,
    "c": 0.11589,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.23028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B821E

secondary

#5369C2

accent

#60EA3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B821E

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

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