#9B861E#9B861E

#9B861E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.119 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B861E
RGB	rgb(155, 134, 30)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, -2.93, 54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 54.36, 93.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% -0.0143 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.119 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2782, 24.1137, 4.7090)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B861E #1E339B

analogous

#9B481E #9B861E #729B1E

triadic

#9B861E #1E9B86 #861E9B

tetradic

#9B861E #1E9B48 #1E339B #9B1E72

square

#9B861E #1E9B48 #1E339B #9B1E72

split-complementary

#9B861E #1E729B #481E9B

monochromatic

#342D0A #685A14 #9B861E #CEB228 #DEC755

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#9B861E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#9B861E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B861E

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B861E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B861E	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)

#948303

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b861e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 134, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.119 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca864',
    500: '#9b861e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b861e;
$custom-light: #bca864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b861e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62147,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B861E

secondary

#5366C2

accent

#5AEA3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B861E

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

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