#9B8529#9B8529

#9B8529 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.111 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8529
RGB	rgb(155, 133, 41)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 73.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, -1.90, 50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 50.07, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.0102 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.111 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3065, 23.9049, 5.5366)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8529 #293F9B

analogous

#9B4C29 #9B8529 #789B29

triadic

#9B8529 #299B85 #85299B

tetradic

#9B8529 #299B4C #293F9B #9B2978

square

#9B8529 #299B4C #293F9B #9B2978

split-complementary

#9B8529 #29789B #4C299B

monochromatic

#3A320F #6B5B1C #9B8529 #CAAE37 #D7C167

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#9B8529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#9B8529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8529

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8529	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)

#93821B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 133, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.111 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca869',
    500: '#9b8529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8529;
$custom-light: #bca869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 58.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62003,
    "c": 0.1114,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8529

secondary

#6374BD

accent

#64E146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8529

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

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