#9B8530#9B8530

#9B8530 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.106 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8530
RGB	rgb(155, 133, 48)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 69%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, -1.52, 47.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 47.14, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% -0.0083 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.106 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4397, 23.9582, 6.2382)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8530 #30469B

analogous

#9B5030 #9B8530 #7B9B30

triadic

#9B8530 #309B85 #85309B

tetradic

#9B8530 #309B50 #30469B #9B307B

square

#9B8530 #309B50 #30469B #9B307B

split-complementary

#9B8530 #307B9B #50309B

monochromatic

#3E3513 #6C5D22 #9B8530 #C5AA43 #D3BF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#9B8530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#9B8530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8530

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8530	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 133, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.106 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca86d',
    500: '#9b8530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8530;
$custom-light: #bca86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.664,
    "s": 52.709,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62062,
    "c": 0.10639,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8530

secondary

#6C7CBB

accent

#69DC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8530

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

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