#9B8A31#9B8A31

#9B8A31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.110 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A31
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 68.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, -4.21, 48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 48.30, 95.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0159 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.11 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1615, 25.3684, 6.5817)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A31 #31429B

analogous

#9B5531 #9B8A31 #779B31

triadic

#9B8A31 #319B8A #8A319B

tetradic

#9B8A31 #319B55 #31429B #9B3177

square

#9B8A31 #319B55 #31429B #9B3177

split-complementary

#9B8A31 #31779B #55319B

monochromatic

#3E3714 #6D6122 #9B8A31 #C4B045 #D3C473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9B8A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#9B8A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A31

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A31	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)

#978725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.110 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab6e',
    500: '#9b8a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a31;
$custom-light: #bcab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.377,
    "s": 51.961,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63162,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A31

secondary

#6D79BB

accent

#63DB4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A31

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

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