#9B8926#9B8926

#9B8926 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.116 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8926
RGB	rgb(155, 137, 38)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 75.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.08, -4.25, 52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.08, 52.43, 94.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% -0.0172 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.116 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8142, 25.0010, 5.4573)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8926 #26389B

analogous

#9B4E26 #9B8926 #739B26

triadic

#9B8926 #269B89 #89269B

tetradic

#9B8926 #269B4E #26389B #9B2673

square

#9B8926 #269B4E #26389B #9B2673

split-complementary

#9B8926 #26739B #4E269B

monochromatic

#39320E #6A5E1A #9B8926 #CCB432 #D9C763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#9B8926 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#9B8926 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8926

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8926	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8926	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8926;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 137, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.116 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab68',
    500: '#9b8926',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8926;
$custom-light: #bcab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8926",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 60.622,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62855,
    "c": 0.11633,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8926

secondary

#5F6DBE

accent

#5DE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8926

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

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