#9B893B#9B893B

#9B893B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.100 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B893B
RGB	rgb(155, 137, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 61.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, -3.00, 43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 43.43, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0111 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.1 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2536, 25.1767, 7.7716)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B893B #3B4D9B

analogous

#9B593B #9B893B #7D9B3B

triadic

#9B893B #3B9B89 #893B9B

tetradic

#9B893B #3B9B59 #3B4D9B #9B3B7D

square

#9B893B #3B9B59 #3B4D9B #9B3B7D

split-complementary

#9B893B #3B7D9B #593B9B

monochromatic

#423B19 #6F622A #9B893B #BEAB55 #CFC181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#9B893B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#9B893B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B893B

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B893B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B893B	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b893b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 137, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.100 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab74',
    500: '#9b893b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b893b;
$custom-light: #bbab74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b893b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 44.86,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63045,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B893B

secondary

#7985B9

accent

#6BD553

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B893B

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

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