#9B8A35#9B8A35

#9B8A35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.106 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A35
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 65.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, -3.96, 46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 46.54, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% -0.0147 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.106 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2497, 25.4036, 7.0462)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A35 #35469B

analogous

#9B5735 #9B8A35 #799B35

triadic

#9B8A35 #359B8A #8A359B

tetradic

#9B8A35 #359B57 #35469B #9B3579

square

#9B8A35 #359B57 #35469B #9B3579

split-complementary

#9B8A35 #35799B #57359B

monochromatic

#403916 #6D6125 #9B8A35 #C2AE4C #D1C379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9B8A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#9B8A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A35

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A35	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)

#97872B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.106 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab70',
    500: '#9b8a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a35;
$custom-light: #bbab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 49.038,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.632,
    "c": 0.10635,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A35

secondary

#727EBA

accent

#66D94F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A35

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

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