#9B8A1E#9B8A1E

#9B8A1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.122 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A1E
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 30)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(52, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, -5.13, 55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 55.51, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% -0.0205 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.122 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8416, 25.2404, 4.8968)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A1E #1E2F9B

analogous

#9B4C1E #9B8A1E #6E9B1E

triadic

#9B8A1E #1E9B8A #8A1E9B

tetradic

#9B8A1E #1E9B4C #1E2F9B #9B1E6E

square

#9B8A1E #1E9B4C #1E2F9B #9B1E6E

split-complementary

#9B8A1E #1E6E9B #4C1E9B

monochromatic

#342F0A #685C14 #9B8A1E #CEB828 #DECC55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9B8A1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#9B8A1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A1E

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A1E	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.122 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab64',
    500: '#9b8a1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a1e;
$custom-light: #bcab64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63025,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A1E

secondary

#5362C2

accent

#55EA3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A1E

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

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