#9B8320#9B8320

#9B8320 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.115 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8320
RGB	rgb(155, 131, 32)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 79.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, -1.19, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 52.88, 91.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.0092 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.115 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8958, 23.3067, 4.7116)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8320 #20389B

analogous

#9B4620 #9B8320 #769B20

triadic

#9B8320 #209B83 #83209B

tetradic

#9B8320 #209B46 #20389B #9B2076

square

#9B8320 #209B46 #20389B #9B2076

split-complementary

#9B8320 #20769B #46209B

monochromatic

#362D0B #685816 #9B8320 #CEAE2A #DDC359

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#9B8320 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#9B8320 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8320

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8320	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8320	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92800A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8320;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 131, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.115 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca664',
    500: '#9b8320',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8320;
$custom-light: #bca664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8320",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61506,
    "c": 0.11548,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8320

secondary

#566BC1

accent

#60E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8320

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

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