#9B8727#9B8727

#9B8727 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.114 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8727
RGB	rgb(155, 135, 39)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 74.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, -3.10, 51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 51.44, 93.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.0138 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.114 97)
XYZ	xyz(22.5489, 24.4442, 5.4496)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8727 #273B9B

analogous

#9B4D27 #9B8727 #759B27

triadic

#9B8727 #279B87 #87279B

tetradic

#9B8727 #279B4D #273B9B #9B2775

square

#9B8727 #279B4D #273B9B #9B2775

split-complementary

#9B8727 #27759B #4D279B

monochromatic

#39320E #6A5C1B #9B8727 #CCB233 #D8C464

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#9B8727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#9B8727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8727

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8727	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 135, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.114 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca968',
    500: '#9b8727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8727;
$custom-light: #bca968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62424,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.24443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8727

secondary

#6070BE

accent

#60E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8727

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

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