#9B842E#9B842E

#9B842E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.107 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B842E
RGB	rgb(155, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 70.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -1.08, 47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 47.70, 91.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% -0.0072 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.107 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2631, 23.6696, 5.9803)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B842E #2E459B

analogous

#9B4D2E #9B842E #7C9B2E

triadic

#9B842E #2E9B84 #842E9B

tetradic

#9B842E #2E9B4D #2E459B #9B2E7C

square

#9B842E #2E9B4D #2E459B #9B2E7C

split-complementary

#9B842E #2E7C9B #4D2E9B

monochromatic

#3D3412 #6C5C20 #9B842E #C6AA40 #D4BF6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#9B842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#9B842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B842E

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B842E	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.107 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca76c',
    500: '#9b842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b842e;
$custom-light: #bca76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.339,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61827,
    "c": 0.10718,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B842E

secondary

#697BBC

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B842E

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

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