#9B8231#9B8231

#9B8231 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.104 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8231
RGB	rgb(155, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 68.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, 0.21, 45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 45.82, 89.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% -0.0032 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.104 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0557, 23.1568, 6.2131)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8231 #314A9B

analogous

#9B4D31 #9B8231 #7F9B31

triadic

#9B8231 #319B82 #82319B

tetradic

#9B8231 #319B4D #314A9B #9B317F

square

#9B8231 #319B4D #314A9B #9B317F

split-complementary

#9B8231 #317F9B #4D319B

monochromatic

#3E3414 #6D5B22 #9B8231 #C4A645 #D3BC73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#9B8231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#9B8231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8231

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8231	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.104 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca66d',
    500: '#9b8231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8231;
$custom-light: #bca66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.849,
    "s": 51.961,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61423,
    "c": 0.10355,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8231

secondary

#6D7FBB

accent

#6EDB4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8231

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

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