#9B851F#9B851F

#9B851F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.117 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B851F
RGB	rgb(155, 133, 31)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 80%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, -2.34, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 53.76, 92.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% -0.0125 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.117 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1536, 23.8438, 4.7315)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B851F #1F359B

analogous

#9B471F #9B851F #739B1F

triadic

#9B851F #1F9B85 #851F9B

tetradic

#9B851F #1F9B47 #1F359B #9B1F73

square

#9B851F #1F9B47 #1F359B #9B1F73

split-complementary

#9B851F #1F739B #471F9B

monochromatic

#352D0B #685915 #9B851F #CEB129 #DDC657

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#9B851F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#9B851F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B851F

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B851F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B851F	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948206

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b851f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 133, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.117 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca864',
    500: '#9b851f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b851f;
$custom-light: #bca864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b851f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.355,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61935,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B851F

secondary

#5568C1

accent

#5DEA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B851F

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

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