#9B8747#9B8747

#9B8747 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.087 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8747
RGB	rgb(155, 135, 71)
HSL	hsl(46, 37%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 54.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, -0.92, 36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 36.85, 91.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.0036 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.087 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3197, 24.7525, 9.5094)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8747 #475B9B

analogous

#9B5D47 #9B8747 #859B47

triadic

#9B8747 #479B87 #87479B

tetradic

#9B8747 #479B5D #475B9B #9B4785

square

#9B8747 #479B5D #475B9B #9B4785

split-complementary

#9B8747 #47859B #5D479B

monochromatic

#473E21 #716234 #9B8747 #B9A566 #CCBE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#9B8747 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#9B8747 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8747

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8747	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8747	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8747;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 135, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.087 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa97c',
    500: '#9b8747',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8747;
$custom-light: #baa97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8747",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 37.168,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62761,
    "c": 0.08723,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8747

secondary

#8692B8

accent

#76CD5B

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#120F09

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8747

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

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