#9B8525#9B8525

#9B8525 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.114 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8525
RGB	rgb(155, 133, 37)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 76.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, -2.09, 51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 51.62, 92.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% -0.0112 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.114 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2402, 23.8784, 5.1875)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8525 #253B9B

analogous

#9B4A25 #9B8525 #769B25

triadic

#9B8525 #259B85 #85259B

tetradic

#9B8525 #259B4A #253B9B #9B2576

square

#9B8525 #259B4A #253B9B #9B2576

split-complementary

#9B8525 #25769B #4A259B

monochromatic

#38300D #6A5B19 #9B8525 #CCAF31 #D9C361

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#9B8525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#9B8525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8525

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8525	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 133, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.114 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca867',
    500: '#9b8525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8525;
$custom-light: #bca867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61973,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8525

secondary

#5D6FBF

accent

#61E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8525

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

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