#9B853D#9B853D

#9B853D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.095 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B853D
RGB	rgb(155, 133, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 60.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.17, -0.64, 41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.17, 41.15, 90.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.0041 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.095 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7484, 24.0817, 7.8640)
Luminance	0.2408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B853D #3D539B

analogous

#9B563D #9B853D #829B3D

triadic

#9B853D #3D9B85 #853D9B

tetradic

#9B853D #3D9B56 #3D539B #9B3D82

square

#9B853D #3D9B56 #3D539B #9B3D82

split-complementary

#9B853D #3D829B #563D9B

monochromatic

#433A1A #6F5F2C #9B853D #BDA658 #CFBD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#9B853D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#9B853D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B853D

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B853D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B853D	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b853d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 133, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.095 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba875',
    500: '#9b853d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b853d;
$custom-light: #bba875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b853d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 43.519,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62199,
    "c": 0.09543,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B853D

secondary

#7B8AB9

accent

#72D355

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B853D

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

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