#9B8A2D#9B8A2D

#9B8A2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.112 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A2D
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 45)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 71%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, -4.44, 49.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 49.99, 95.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.017 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.112 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0808, 25.3361, 6.1567)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A2D #2D3E9B

analogous

#9B532D #9B8A2D #759B2D

triadic

#9B8A2D #2D9B8A #8A2D9B

tetradic

#9B8A2D #2D9B53 #2D3E9B #9B2D75

square

#9B8A2D #2D9B53 #2D3E9B #9B2D75

split-complementary

#9B8A2D #2D759B #532D9B

monochromatic

#3C3611 #6C601F #9B8A2D #C7B23E #D5C56E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9B8A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#9B8A2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A2D

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A2D	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)

#988620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.112 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab6c',
    500: '#9b8a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a2d;
$custom-light: #bcab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.727,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63128,
    "c": 0.11247,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A2D

secondary

#6875BC

accent

#60DE49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A2D

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

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