#9B8A2C#9B8A2C

#9B8A2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.113 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A2C
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 44)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 71.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.39, -4.50, 50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.39, 50.40, 95.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.0173 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.113 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0618, 25.3285, 6.0565)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A2C #2C3D9B

analogous

#9B532C #9B8A2C #759B2C

triadic

#9B8A2C #2C9B8A #8A2C9B

tetradic

#9B8A2C #2C9B53 #2C3D9B #9B2C75

square

#9B8A2C #2C9B53 #2C3D9B #9B2C75

split-complementary

#9B8A2C #2C759B #532C9B

monochromatic

#3C3511 #6B601E #9B8A2C #C8B23C #D5C56C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9B8A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#9B8A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A2C

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A2C	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98861E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.113 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab6b',
    500: '#9b8a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a2c;
$custom-light: #bcab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.811,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63119,
    "c": 0.11318,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A2C

secondary

#6774BC

accent

#60DF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A2C

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

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