#9B8A29#9B8A29

#9B8A29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.115 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A29
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 41)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 73.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, -4.65, 51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 51.59, 95.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.018 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.115 99)
XYZ	xyz(23.0074, 25.3067, 5.7702)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A29 #293A9B

analogous

#9B5129 #9B8A29 #739B29

triadic

#9B8A29 #299B8A #8A299B

tetradic

#9B8A29 #299B51 #293A9B #9B2973

square

#9B8A29 #299B51 #293A9B #9B2973

split-complementary

#9B8A29 #29739B #51299B

monochromatic

#3A340F #6B5F1C #9B8A29 #CAB437 #D7C667

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9B8A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#9B8A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A29

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A29	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	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)

#988619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.115 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab6a',
    500: '#9b8a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a29;
$custom-light: #bcab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.053,
    "s": 58.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63096,
    "c": 0.11522,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.25306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A29

secondary

#6370BD

accent

#5EE146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A29

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

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