#9B8939#9B8939

#9B8939 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.102 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8939
RGB	rgb(155, 137, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 63.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -3.15, 44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 44.37, 94.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0118 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.102 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2027, 25.1564, 7.5036)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8939 #394B9B

analogous

#9B5839 #9B8939 #7C9B39

triadic

#9B8939 #399B89 #89399B

tetradic

#9B8939 #399B58 #394B9B #9B397C

square

#9B8939 #399B58 #394B9B #9B397C

split-complementary

#9B8939 #397C9B #58399B

monochromatic

#423A18 #6E6129 #9B8939 #BFAB52 #D0C17F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#9B8939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#9B8939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8939

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8939	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)

#968630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 137, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.102 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab73',
    500: '#9b8939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8939;
$custom-light: #bbab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 46.226,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63023,
    "c": 0.10214,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8939

secondary

#7783B9

accent

#6AD652

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8939

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

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