#9B8627#9B8627

#9B8627 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.113 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8627
RGB	rgb(155, 134, 39)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 74.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, -2.55, 51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 51.14, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% -0.0123 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.113 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4100, 24.1664, 5.4033)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8627 #273C9B

analogous

#9B4C27 #9B8627 #769B27

triadic

#9B8627 #279B86 #86279B

tetradic

#9B8627 #279B4C #273C9B #9B2776

square

#9B8627 #279B4C #273C9B #9B2776

split-complementary

#9B8627 #27769B #4C279B

monochromatic

#39310E #6A5C1B #9B8627 #CCB033 #D8C364

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#9B8627 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#9B8627 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8627

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8627	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8627	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)

#948317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8627;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 134, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.113 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca868',
    500: '#9b8627',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8627;
$custom-light: #bca868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8627",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.138,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62205,
    "c": 0.11343,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8627

secondary

#6071BE

accent

#61E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8627

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

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