#9B8524#9B8524

#9B8524 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.115 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8524
RGB	rgb(155, 133, 36)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 76.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, -2.13, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 51.99, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% -0.0114 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.115 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2247, 23.8722, 5.1059)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8524 #243A9B

analogous

#9B4A24 #9B8524 #759B24

triadic

#9B8524 #249B85 #85249B

tetradic

#9B8524 #249B4A #243A9B #9B2475

square

#9B8524 #249B4A #243A9B #9B2475

split-complementary

#9B8524 #24759B #4A249B

monochromatic

#38300D #695A18 #9B8524 #CDB030 #DAC35F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#9B8524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#9B8524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8524

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8524	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)

#938212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 133, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.115 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca866',
    500: '#9b8524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8524;
$custom-light: #bca866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.908,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61966,
    "c": 0.11456,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8524

secondary

#5C6EBF

accent

#61E542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8524

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

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