#9B8337#9B8337

#9B8337 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.099 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8337
RGB	rgb(155, 131, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 64.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, 0.04, 43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 43.38, 89.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% -0.0029 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.099 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3245, 23.4782, 6.9696)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8337 #374F9B

analogous

#9B5137 #9B8337 #819B37

triadic

#9B8337 #379B83 #83379B

tetradic

#9B8337 #379B51 #374F9B #9B3781

square

#9B8337 #379B51 #374F9B #9B3781

split-complementary

#9B8337 #37819B #51379B

monochromatic

#413717 #6E5D27 #9B8337 #C0A54F #D0BC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#9B8337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#9B8337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8337

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8337	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90812F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 131, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.099 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba671',
    500: '#9b8337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8337;
$custom-light: #bba671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.617,
    "c": 0.09932,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8337

secondary

#7485BA

accent

#71D751

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8337

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

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