#9B8930#9B8930

#9B8930 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.109 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8930
RGB	rgb(155, 137, 48)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 69%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, -3.72, 48.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 48.40, 94.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.0146 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.109 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9978, 25.0744, 6.4242)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8930 #30429B

analogous

#9B5430 #9B8930 #779B30

triadic

#9B8930 #309B89 #89309B

tetradic

#9B8930 #309B54 #30429B #9B3077

square

#9B8930 #309B54 #30429B #9B3077

split-complementary

#9B8930 #30779B #54309B

monochromatic

#3E3613 #6C6022 #9B8930 #C5AF43 #D3C372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#9B8930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#9B8930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8930

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8930	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 137, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.109 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab6d',
    500: '#9b8930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8930;
$custom-light: #bcab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.907,
    "s": 52.709,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62934,
    "c": 0.10946,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8930

secondary

#6C79BB

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8930

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

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