#9B8722#9B8722

#9B8722 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.117 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8722
RGB	rgb(155, 135, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 78.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, -3.32, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 53.28, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% -0.015 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.117 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4714, 24.4132, 5.0417)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8722 #22369B

analogous

#9B4B22 #9B8722 #729B22

triadic

#9B8722 #229B87 #87229B

tetradic

#9B8722 #229B4B #22369B #9B2272

square

#9B8722 #229B4B #22369B #9B2272

split-complementary

#9B8722 #22729B #4B229B

monochromatic

#37300C #695B17 #9B8722 #CDB32D #DBC65C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#9B8722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#9B8722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8722

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8722	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)

#95840D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 135, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.117 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca966',
    500: '#9b8722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8722;
$custom-light: #bca966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6239,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8722

secondary

#596AC0

accent

#5CE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8722

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

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