#9B8721#9B8721

#9B8721 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.118 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8721
RGB	rgb(155, 135, 33)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 78.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, -3.36, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 53.63, 93.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.0152 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.118 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4572, 24.4075, 4.9668)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8721 #21359B

analogous

#9B4A21 #9B8721 #729B21

triadic

#9B8721 #219B87 #87219B

tetradic

#9B8721 #219B4A #21359B #9B2172

square

#9B8721 #219B4A #21359B #9B2172

split-complementary

#9B8721 #21729B #4A219B

monochromatic

#362F0C #695B16 #9B8721 #CDB32C #DCC75A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#9B8721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#9B8721 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8721

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8721	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)

#95840A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 135, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.118 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca965',
    500: '#9b8721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8721;
$custom-light: #bca965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 64.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62383,
    "c": 0.11774,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8721

secondary

#5869C0

accent

#5BE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8721

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

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