#9B8A34#9B8A34

#9B8A34 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.107 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A34
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 66.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, -4.03, 46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 46.99, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.015 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.107 98)
XYZ	xyz(23.2269, 25.3945, 6.9263)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A34 #34459B

analogous

#9B5634 #9B8A34 #789B34

triadic

#9B8A34 #349B8A #8A349B

tetradic

#9B8A34 #349B56 #34459B #9B3478

square

#9B8A34 #349B56 #34459B #9B3478

split-complementary

#9B8A34 #34789B #56349B

monochromatic

#3F3815 #6D6125 #9B8A34 #C2AE4A #D2C378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9B8A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#9B8A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A34

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A34	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	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)

#978729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.107 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab70',
    500: '#9b8a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a34;
$custom-light: #bbab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.097,
    "s": 49.758,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6319,
    "c": 0.10716,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.25393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A34

secondary

#717DBA

accent

#65D94F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A34

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

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