#9B8528#9B8528

#9B8528 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.112 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8528
RGB	rgb(155, 133, 40)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 74.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, -1.95, 50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 50.46, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.0104 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.112 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2893, 23.8980, 5.4458)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8528 #283E9B

analogous

#9B4C28 #9B8528 #779B28

triadic

#9B8528 #289B85 #85289B

tetradic

#9B8528 #289B4C #283E9B #9B2877

square

#9B8528 #289B4C #283E9B #9B2877

split-complementary

#9B8528 #28779B #4C289B

monochromatic

#3A320F #6A5B1B #9B8528 #CBAE35 #D7C266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#9B8528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#9B8528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8528

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8528	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	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)

#938219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 133, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.112 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca868',
    500: '#9b8528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8528;
$custom-light: #bca868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.522,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61995,
    "c": 0.11206,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8528

secondary

#6173BD

accent

#64E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8528

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

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