#9B8629#9B8629

#9B8629 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.112 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8629
RGB	rgb(155, 134, 41)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 73.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, -2.45, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 50.36, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.0118 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.112 96)
XYZ	xyz(22.4440, 24.1800, 5.5824)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8629 #293E9B

analogous

#9B4D29 #9B8629 #779B29

triadic

#9B8629 #299B86 #86299B

tetradic

#9B8629 #299B4D #293E9B #9B2977

square

#9B8629 #299B4D #293E9B #9B2977

split-complementary

#9B8629 #29779B #4D299B

monochromatic

#3A320F #6B5C1C #9B8629 #CAAF37 #D7C267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#9B8629 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#9B8629 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8629

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8629	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8629	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94831A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8629;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 134, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.112 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca869',
    500: '#9b8629',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8629;
$custom-light: #bca869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8629",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 58.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6222,
    "c": 0.11213,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.24179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8629

secondary

#6373BD

accent

#63E146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8629

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

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