#9B8A33#9B8A33

#9B8A33 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.108 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A33
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 67.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, -4.09, 47.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 47.43, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.0153 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.108 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2046, 25.3856, 6.8090)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A33 #33449B

analogous

#9B5633 #9B8A33 #789B33

triadic

#9B8A33 #339B8A #8A339B

tetradic

#9B8A33 #339B56 #33449B #9B3378

square

#9B8A33 #339B56 #33449B #9B3378

split-complementary

#9B8A33 #33789B #56339B

monochromatic

#3F3815 #6D6124 #9B8A33 #C3AF48 #D2C376

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9B8A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#9B8A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A33

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A33	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.108 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab6f',
    500: '#9b8a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a33;
$custom-light: #bbab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.192,
    "s": 50.485,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63181,
    "c": 0.10796,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A33

secondary

#6F7CBA

accent

#65DA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A33

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

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