#9B8A2F#9B8A2F

#9B8A2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.111 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A2F
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 69.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, -4.33, 48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 49.15, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.0164 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.111 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1202, 25.3519, 6.3644)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A2F #2F409B

analogous

#9B542F #9B8A2F #769B2F

triadic

#9B8A2F #2F9B8A #8A2F9B

tetradic

#9B8A2F #2F9B54 #2F409B #9B2F76

square

#9B8A2F #2F9B54 #2F409B #9B2F76

split-complementary

#9B8A2F #2F769B #542F9B

monochromatic

#3D3613 #6C6021 #9B8A2F #C6B142 #D4C471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9B8A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#9B8A2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A2F

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A2F	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)

#978623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.111 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab6d',
    500: '#9b8a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a2f;
$custom-light: #bcab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.556,
    "s": 53.465,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63144,
    "c": 0.11102,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A2F

secondary

#6A77BB

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A2F

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

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