#9B8735#9B8735

#9B8735 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.104 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8735
RGB	rgb(155, 135, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 65.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, -2.31, 45.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 45.54, 92.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% -0.0099 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.104 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8252, 24.5547, 6.9047)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8735 #35499B

analogous

#9B5435 #9B8735 #7C9B35

triadic

#9B8735 #359B87 #87359B

tetradic

#9B8735 #359B54 #35499B #9B357C

square

#9B8735 #359B54 #35499B #9B357C

split-complementary

#9B8735 #357C9B #54359B

monochromatic

#403816 #6D5F25 #9B8735 #C2AA4C #D1C079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#9B8735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#9B8735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8735

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8735	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94842B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 135, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.104 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba970',
    500: '#9b8735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8735;
$custom-light: #bba970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 49.038,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62545,
    "c": 0.10392,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8735

secondary

#7280BA

accent

#6AD94F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8735

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

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