#9B8A27#9B8A27

#9B8A27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.117 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A27
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 39)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 74.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, -4.75, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 52.36, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.0185 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.117 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9734, 25.2931, 5.5910)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A27 #27389B

analogous

#9B5027 #9B8A27 #729B27

triadic

#9B8A27 #279B8A #8A279B

tetradic

#9B8A27 #279B50 #27389B #9B2772

square

#9B8A27 #279B50 #27389B #9B2772

split-complementary

#9B8A27 #27729B #50279B

monochromatic

#39330E #6A5E1B #9B8A27 #CCB533 #D8C764

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9B8A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#9B8A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A27

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A27	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)

#988616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.117 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab69',
    500: '#9b8a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a27;
$custom-light: #bcab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.207,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63081,
    "c": 0.1165,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A27

secondary

#606EBE

accent

#5CE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A27

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

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