#9B8A30#9B8A30

#9B8A30 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.110 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A30
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 48)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 69%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, -4.27, 48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 48.73, 95.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.0161 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.11 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1406, 25.3600, 6.4718)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A30 #30419B

analogous

#9B5430 #9B8A30 #779B30

triadic

#9B8A30 #309B8A #8A309B

tetradic

#9B8A30 #309B54 #30419B #9B3077

square

#9B8A30 #309B54 #30419B #9B3077

split-complementary

#9B8A30 #30779B #54309B

monochromatic

#3E3713 #6C6022 #9B8A30 #C5B043 #D3C472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9B8A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#9B8A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A30

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A30	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)

#978624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.110 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab6d',
    500: '#9b8a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a30;
$custom-light: #bcab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.467,
    "s": 52.709,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63153,
    "c": 0.11028,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A30

secondary

#6C78BB

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A30

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

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