#9B8335#9B8335

#9B8335 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.101 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8335
RGB	rgb(155, 131, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 65.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, -0.09, 44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 44.30, 90.12°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% -0.0035 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.101 92)
XYZ	xyz(22.2776, 23.4594, 6.7222)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8335 #354D9B

analogous

#9B5035 #9B8335 #809B35

triadic

#9B8335 #359B83 #83359B

tetradic

#9B8335 #359B50 #354D9B #9B3580

square

#9B8335 #359B50 #354D9B #9B3580

split-complementary

#9B8335 #35809B #50359B

monochromatic

#403616 #6D5C25 #9B8335 #C2A64C #D1BD79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#9B8335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#9B8335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8335

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8335	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91812C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 131, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.101 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba670',
    500: '#9b8335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8335;
$custom-light: #bba670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 49.038,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61678,
    "c": 0.101,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.23458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8335

secondary

#7283BA

accent

#70D94F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8335

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

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