#9B8A36#9B8A36

#9B8A36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.106 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A36
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 65.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, -3.90, 45.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 46.09, 94.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.0143 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.106 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2729, 25.4129, 7.1686)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A36 #36479B

analogous

#9B5736 #9B8A36 #799B36

triadic

#9B8A36 #369B8A #8A369B

tetradic

#9B8A36 #369B57 #36479B #9B3679

square

#9B8A36 #369B57 #36479B #9B3679

split-complementary

#9B8A36 #36799B #57369B

monochromatic

#403916 #6E6226 #9B8A36 #C1AE4D #D1C27B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9B8A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#9B8A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A36

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A36	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)

#97872C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.106 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab71',
    500: '#9b8a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a36;
$custom-light: #bbab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.901,
    "s": 48.325,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6321,
    "c": 0.10552,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A36

secondary

#737FBA

accent

#67D850

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A36

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

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