#9B8720#9B8720

#9B8720 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.118 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8720
RGB	rgb(155, 135, 32)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 79.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, -3.40, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 53.98, 93.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.0154 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.118 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4434, 24.4020, 4.8941)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8720 #20349B

analogous

#9B4A20 #9B8720 #729B20

triadic

#9B8720 #209B87 #87209B

tetradic

#9B8720 #209B4A #20349B #9B2072

square

#9B8720 #209B4A #20349B #9B2072

split-complementary

#9B8720 #20729B #4A209B

monochromatic

#362F0B #685B16 #9B8720 #CEB32A #DDC759

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#9B8720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#9B8720 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8720

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8720	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)

#958407

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 135, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.118 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca965',
    500: '#9b8720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8720;
$custom-light: #bca965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62377,
    "c": 0.11828,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8720

secondary

#5667C1

accent

#5BE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8720

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

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