#9B8A2A#9B8A2A

#9B8A2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.115 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A2A
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 72.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, -4.60, 50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 51.20, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.0178 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.115 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0251, 25.3138, 5.8633)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A2A #2A3B9B

analogous

#9B512A #9B8A2A #739B2A

triadic

#9B8A2A #2A9B8A #8A2A9B

tetradic

#9B8A2A #2A9B51 #2A3B9B #9B2A73

square

#9B8A2A #2A9B51 #2A3B9B #9B2A73

split-complementary

#9B8A2A #2A739B #512A9B

monochromatic

#3B3410 #6B5F1D #9B8A2A #C9B439 #D6C669

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9B8A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#9B8A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A2A

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A2A	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)

#98861B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.115 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab6a',
    500: '#9b8a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a2a;
$custom-light: #bcab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.973,
    "s": 57.36,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63104,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A2A

secondary

#6471BD

accent

#5EE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A2A

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

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