#9B871E#9B871E

#9B871E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.119 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B871E
RGB	rgb(155, 135, 30)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, -3.48, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 54.64, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0158 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.119 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4171, 24.3914, 4.7553)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B871E #1E329B

analogous

#9B491E #9B871E #719B1E

triadic

#9B871E #1E9B87 #871E9B

tetradic

#9B871E #1E9B49 #1E329B #9B1E71

square

#9B871E #1E9B49 #1E329B #9B1E71

split-complementary

#9B871E #1E719B #491E9B

monochromatic

#342E0A #685A14 #9B871E #CEB428 #DEC855

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#9B871E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#9B871E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B871E

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B871E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B871E	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958402

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b871e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 135, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.119 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca964',
    500: '#9b871e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b871e;
$custom-light: #bca964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b871e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62366,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B871E

secondary

#5365C2

accent

#59EA3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B871E

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

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