#9B8A28#9B8A28

#9B8A28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.116 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A28
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 40)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 74.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, -4.70, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 51.98, 95.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% -0.0183 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.116 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9902, 25.2998, 5.6795)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A28 #28399B

analogous

#9B5028 #9B8A28 #729B28

triadic

#9B8A28 #289B8A #8A289B

tetradic

#9B8A28 #289B50 #28399B #9B2872

square

#9B8A28 #289B50 #28399B #9B2872

split-complementary

#9B8A28 #28729B #50289B

monochromatic

#3A330F #6A5F1B #9B8A28 #CBB535 #D7C766

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9B8A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#9B8A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A28

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A28	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)

#988617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.116 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab69',
    500: '#9b8a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a28;
$custom-light: #bcab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.13,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63089,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A28

secondary

#616FBD

accent

#5DE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A28

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

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