#9B8232#9B8232

#9B8232 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.103 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8232
RGB	rgb(155, 130, 50)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 67.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, 0.27, 45.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 45.37, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% -0.0029 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.103 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0770, 23.1654, 6.3255)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8232 #324B9B

analogous

#9B4D32 #9B8232 #809B32

triadic

#9B8232 #329B82 #82329B

tetradic

#9B8232 #329B4D #324B9B #9B3280

square

#9B8232 #329B4D #324B9B #9B3280

split-complementary

#9B8232 #32809B #4D329B

monochromatic

#3E3414 #6D5B23 #9B8232 #C4A647 #D2BC75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#9B8232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#9B8232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8232

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8232	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)

#908028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 130, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.103 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca66e',
    500: '#9b8232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8232;
$custom-light: #bca66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61433,
    "c": 0.10276,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8232

secondary

#6E80BB

accent

#6FDB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8232

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

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