#9B862A#9B862A

#9B862A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.111 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B862A
RGB	rgb(155, 134, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 72.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, -2.40, 49.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 49.96, 92.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.0115 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.111 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4617, 24.1871, 5.6755)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B862A #2A3F9B

analogous

#9B4E2A #9B862A #779B2A

triadic

#9B862A #2A9B86 #862A9B

tetradic

#9B862A #2A9B4E #2A3F9B #9B2A77

square

#9B862A #2A9B4E #2A3F9B #9B2A77

split-complementary

#9B862A #2A779B #4E2A9B

monochromatic

#3B3310 #6B5C1D #9B862A #C9AE39 #D6C269

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#9B862A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#9B862A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B862A

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B862A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B862A	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)

#94831C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b862a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 134, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.111 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca86a',
    500: '#9b862a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b862a;
$custom-light: #bca86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b862a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 57.36,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62228,
    "c": 0.11146,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B862A

secondary

#6474BD

accent

#64E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B862A

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

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