#9B8A24#9B8A24

#9B8A24 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.118 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A24
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 36)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 76.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, -4.89, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 53.47, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.0192 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.118 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9256, 25.2740, 5.3395)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A24 #24359B

analogous

#9B4F24 #9B8A24 #709B24

triadic

#9B8A24 #249B8A #8A249B

tetradic

#9B8A24 #249B4F #24359B #9B2470

square

#9B8A24 #249B4F #24359B #9B2470

split-complementary

#9B8A24 #24709B #4F249B

monochromatic

#38320D #695E18 #9B8A24 #CDB630 #DAC85F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9B8A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#9B8A24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A24

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A24	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)

#988610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.118 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab67',
    500: '#9b8a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a24;
$custom-light: #bcab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63061,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A24

secondary

#5C6ABF

accent

#5AE542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A24

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

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