#9B8331#9B8331

#9B8331 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.104 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8331
RGB	rgb(155, 131, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 68.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, -0.34, 46.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 46.11, 90.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% -0.0048 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.104 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1894, 23.4241, 6.2577)
Luminance	0.2342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8331 #31499B

analogous

#9B4E31 #9B8331 #7E9B31

triadic

#9B8331 #319B83 #83319B

tetradic

#9B8331 #319B4E #31499B #9B317E

square

#9B8331 #319B4E #31499B #9B317E

split-complementary

#9B8331 #317E9B #4E319B

monochromatic

#3E3414 #6D5C22 #9B8331 #C4A745 #D3BD73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#9B8331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#9B8331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8331

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8331	1.00	3.69	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 131, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.104 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca66d',
    500: '#9b8331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8331;
$custom-light: #bca66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.415,
    "s": 51.961,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61639,
    "c": 0.10422,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8331

secondary

#6D7FBB

accent

#6DDB4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8331

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

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