#9B8221#9B8221

#9B8221 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.114 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8221
RGB	rgb(155, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 78.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, -0.60, 52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 52.27, 90.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.3% -0.0074 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(61.3% 0.114 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7759, 23.0449, 4.7397)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8221 #213A9B

analogous

#9B4521 #9B8221 #779B21

triadic

#9B8221 #219B82 #82219B

tetradic

#9B8221 #219B45 #213A9B #9B2177

square

#9B8221 #219B45 #213A9B #9B2177

split-complementary

#9B8221 #21779B #45219B

monochromatic

#362D0C #695816 #9B8221 #CDAC2C #DCC15A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#9B8221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#9B8221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8221

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8221	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	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)

#91800D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.114 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca565',
    500: '#9b8221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8221;
$custom-light: #bca565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 64.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61296,
    "c": 0.11428,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8221

secondary

#586DC0

accent

#62E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8221

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

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