#9B8A2B#9B8A2B

#9B8A2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.114 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A2B
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 72.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.39, -4.55, 50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.39, 50.80, 95.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.0175 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.114 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0432, 25.3211, 5.9587)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A2B #2B3C9B

analogous

#9B522B #9B8A2B #749B2B

triadic

#9B8A2B #2B9B8A #8A2B9B

tetradic

#9B8A2B #2B9B52 #2B3C9B #9B2B74

square

#9B8A2B #2B9B52 #2B3C9B #9B2B74

split-complementary

#9B8A2B #2B749B #522B9B

monochromatic

#3B3510 #6B5F1E #9B8A2B #C9B33B #D6C66B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9B8A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#9B8A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A2B

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A2B	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)

#98861C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.114 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab6b',
    500: '#9b8a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a2b;
$custom-light: #bcab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.893,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63111,
    "c": 0.11387,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A2B

secondary

#6573BC

accent

#5FE048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A2B

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

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