#9B8829#9B8829

#9B8829 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.114 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8829
RGB	rgb(155, 136, 41)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 73.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, -3.55, 50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 50.97, 94.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.0149 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.114 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7231, 24.7381, 5.6754)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8829 #293C9B

analogous

#9B4F29 #9B8829 #759B29

triadic

#9B8829 #299B88 #88299B

tetradic

#9B8829 #299B4F #293C9B #9B2975

square

#9B8829 #299B4F #293C9B #9B2975

split-complementary

#9B8829 #29759B #4F299B

monochromatic

#3A330F #6B5E1C #9B8829 #CAB237 #D7C467

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#9B8829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#9B8829 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8829

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8829	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)

#96851A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 136, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.114 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaa69',
    500: '#9b8829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8829;
$custom-light: #bcaa69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 58.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62657,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8829

secondary

#6372BD

accent

#60E146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8829

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

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