#9B8938#9B8938

#9B8938 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.103 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8938
RGB	rgb(155, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 63.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, -3.21, 44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 44.83, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.0121 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.103 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1780, 25.1465, 7.3735)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8938 #384A9B

analogous

#9B5838 #9B8938 #7C9B38

triadic

#9B8938 #389B89 #89389B

tetradic

#9B8938 #389B58 #384A9B #9B387C

square

#9B8938 #389B58 #384A9B #9B387C

split-complementary

#9B8938 #387C9B #58389B

monochromatic

#413A18 #6E6128 #9B8938 #C0AC50 #D0C17D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#9B8938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#9B8938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8938

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8938	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.103 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab72',
    500: '#9b8938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8938;
$custom-light: #bbab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63012,
    "c": 0.103,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8938

secondary

#7582B9

accent

#69D751

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8938

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

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