#9B8A22#9B8A22

#9B8A22 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.119 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A22
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 34)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 78.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, -4.97, 53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 54.18, 95.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.0197 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.119 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8959, 25.2621, 5.1831)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A22 #22339B

analogous

#9B4D22 #9B8A22 #709B22

triadic

#9B8A22 #229B8A #8A229B

tetradic

#9B8A22 #229B4D #22339B #9B2270

square

#9B8A22 #229B4D #22339B #9B2270

split-complementary

#9B8A22 #22709B #4D229B

monochromatic

#37310C #695D17 #9B8A22 #CDB72D #DBC95C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9B8A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#9B8A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A22

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A22	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)

#98860B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.119 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab66',
    500: '#9b8a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a22;
$custom-light: #bcab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.57,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63048,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A22

secondary

#5967C0

accent

#58E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A22

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

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