#9B8625#9B8625

#9B8625 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.115 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8625
RGB	rgb(155, 134, 37)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 76.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, -2.64, 51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 51.90, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.0127 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.115 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3778, 24.1535, 5.2333)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8625 #253A9B

analogous

#9B4B25 #9B8625 #759B25

triadic

#9B8625 #259B86 #86259B

tetradic

#9B8625 #259B4B #253A9B #9B2575

square

#9B8625 #259B4B #253A9B #9B2575

split-complementary

#9B8625 #25759B #4B259B

monochromatic

#38310D #6A5B19 #9B8625 #CCB131 #D9C461

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#9B8625 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#9B8625 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8625

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8625	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8625	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)

#948313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8625;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 134, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.115 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca867',
    500: '#9b8625',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8625;
$custom-light: #bca867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8625",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62191,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8625

secondary

#5D6FBF

accent

#60E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8625

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →