#9B8A26#9B8A26

#9B8A26 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.117 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A26
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 38)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 75.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, -4.80, 52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 52.74, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.0188 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.117 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9570, 25.2866, 5.5049)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A26 #26379B

analogous

#9B4F26 #9B8A26 #719B26

triadic

#9B8A26 #269B8A #8A269B

tetradic

#9B8A26 #269B4F #26379B #9B2671

square

#9B8A26 #269B4F #26379B #9B2671

split-complementary

#9B8A26 #26719B #4F269B

monochromatic

#39320E #6A5E1A #9B8A26 #CCB632 #D9C863

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9B8A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#9B8A26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A26

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A26	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)

#988614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.117 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab68',
    500: '#9b8a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a26;
$custom-light: #bcab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.282,
    "s": 60.622,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63074,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A26

secondary

#5F6DBE

accent

#5BE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A26

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

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