#9B8622#9B8622

#9B8622 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.116 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8622
RGB	rgb(155, 134, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 78.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, -2.77, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 53.00, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.0134 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.116 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.3326, 24.1355, 4.9954)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8622 #22379B

analogous

#9B4A22 #9B8622 #749B22

triadic

#9B8622 #229B86 #86229B

tetradic

#9B8622 #229B4A #22379B #9B2274

square

#9B8622 #229B4A #22379B #9B2274

split-complementary

#9B8622 #22749B #4A229B

monochromatic

#372F0C #695B17 #9B8622 #CDB12D #DBC55C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#9B8622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#9B8622 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8622

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8622	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94830D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 134, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.116 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca866',
    500: '#9b8622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8622;
$custom-light: #bca866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62171,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8622

secondary

#596BC0

accent

#5EE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8622

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

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