#9B8A25#9B8A25

#9B8A25 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 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A25
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 37)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 76.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, -4.84, 52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 53.11, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.019 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.118 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9411, 25.2802, 5.4211)
Luminance	0.2528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A25 #25369B

analogous

#9B4F25 #9B8A25 #719B25

triadic

#9B8A25 #259B8A #8A259B

tetradic

#9B8A25 #259B4F #25369B #9B2571

square

#9B8A25 #259B4F #25369B #9B2571

split-complementary

#9B8A25 #25719B #4F259B

monochromatic

#38320D #6A5E19 #9B8A25 #CCB631 #D9C861

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9B8A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#9B8A25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A25

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A25	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.118 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab67',
    500: '#9b8a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a25;
$custom-light: #bcab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.356,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63067,
    "c": 0.11773,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A25

secondary

#5D6BBF

accent

#5AE543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A25

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

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