#9B8737#9B8737

#9B8737 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.102 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8737
RGB	rgb(155, 135, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 64.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, -2.18, 44.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 44.63, 92.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.0093 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.102 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8722, 24.5735, 7.1521)
Luminance	0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8737 #374B9B

analogous

#9B5537 #9B8737 #7D9B37

triadic

#9B8737 #379B87 #87379B

tetradic

#9B8737 #379B55 #374B9B #9B377D

square

#9B8737 #379B55 #374B9B #9B377D

split-complementary

#9B8737 #377D9B #55379B

monochromatic

#413817 #6E6027 #9B8737 #C0AA4F #D0C07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#9B8737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#9B8737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8737

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8737	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)

#94842E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 135, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.102 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba971',
    500: '#9b8737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8737;
$custom-light: #bba971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62565,
    "c": 0.10225,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8737

secondary

#7482BA

accent

#6CD751

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8737

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

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