#9B821F#9B821F

#9B821F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.115 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B821F
RGB	rgb(155, 130, 31)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 80%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, -0.68, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 52.96, 90.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% -0.0078 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.115 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7488, 23.0340, 4.5965)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B821F #1F389B

analogous

#9B441F #9B821F #769B1F

triadic

#9B821F #1F9B82 #821F9B

tetradic

#9B821F #1F9B44 #1F389B #9B1F76

square

#9B821F #1F9B44 #1F389B #9B1F76

split-complementary

#9B821F #1F769B #441F9B

monochromatic

#352C0B #685715 #9B821F #CEAD29 #DDC257

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#9B821F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#9B821F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B821F

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B821F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B821F	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)

#918008

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8776F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b821f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 130, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.115 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda564',
    500: '#9b821f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b821f;
$custom-light: #bda564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b821f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.903,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61283,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B821F

secondary

#556BC1

accent

#61EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B821F

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

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