#9B862E#9B862E

#9B862E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.109 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B862E
RGB	rgb(155, 134, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 70.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -2.19, 48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 48.30, 92.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% -0.0104 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.109 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5369, 24.2172, 6.0715)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B862E #2E439B

analogous

#9B4F2E #9B862E #7A9B2E

triadic

#9B862E #2E9B86 #862E9B

tetradic

#9B862E #2E9B4F #2E439B #9B2E7A

square

#9B862E #2E9B4F #2E439B #9B2E7A

split-complementary

#9B862E #2E7A9B #4F2E9B

monochromatic

#3D3412 #6C5D20 #9B862E #C6AC40 #D4C16F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#9B862E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#9B862E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B862E

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B862E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B862E	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	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)

#948322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b862e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 134, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.109 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca86c',
    500: '#9b862e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b862e;
$custom-light: #bca86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b862e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.44,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62261,
    "c": 0.10862,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B862E

secondary

#6979BC

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B862E

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

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