#9B8A2E#9B8A2E

#9B8A2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.112 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A2E
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 70.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, -4.39, 49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 49.57, 95.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.0167 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.112 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1003, 25.3439, 6.2593)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A2E #2E3F9B

analogous

#9B542E #9B8A2E #769B2E

triadic

#9B8A2E #2E9B8A #8A2E9B

tetradic

#9B8A2E #2E9B54 #2E3F9B #9B2E76

square

#9B8A2E #2E9B54 #2E3F9B #9B2E76

split-complementary

#9B8A2E #2E769B #542E9B

monochromatic

#3D3612 #6C6020 #9B8A2E #C6B140 #D4C56F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9B8A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#9B8A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A2E

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A2E	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)

#988621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.112 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab6c',
    500: '#9b8a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a2e;
$custom-light: #bcab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.642,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63136,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A2E

secondary

#6976BC

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A2E

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

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