#9B8928#9B8928

#9B8928 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.115 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8928
RGB	rgb(155, 137, 40)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 74.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, -4.15, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 51.67, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.0167 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.115 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8474, 25.0142, 5.6319)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8928 #283A9B

analogous

#9B5028 #9B8928 #739B28

triadic

#9B8928 #289B89 #89289B

tetradic

#9B8928 #289B50 #283A9B #9B2873

square

#9B8928 #289B50 #283A9B #9B2873

split-complementary

#9B8928 #28739B #50289B

monochromatic

#3A330F #6A5E1B #9B8928 #CBB435 #D7C666

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#9B8928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#9B8928 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8928

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8928	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)

#978518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 137, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.115 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab69',
    500: '#9b8928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8928;
$custom-light: #bcab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.609,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62869,
    "c": 0.11507,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8928

secondary

#6170BD

accent

#5EE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8928

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

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