#9B8A37#9B8A37

#9B8A37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.105 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A37
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 64.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, -3.83, 45.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 45.63, 94.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.014 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.105 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2966, 25.4224, 7.2936)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A37 #37489B

analogous

#9B5837 #9B8A37 #7A9B37

triadic

#9B8A37 #379B8A #8A379B

tetradic

#9B8A37 #379B58 #37489B #9B377A

square

#9B8A37 #379B58 #37489B #9B377A

split-complementary

#9B8A37 #377A9B #58379B

monochromatic

#413A17 #6E6227 #9B8A37 #C0AD4F #D0C27C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9B8A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#9B8A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A37

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A37	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)

#97872D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.105 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab72',
    500: '#9b8a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a37;
$custom-light: #bbab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.8,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6322,
    "c": 0.10468,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A37

secondary

#7480BA

accent

#67D751

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A37

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

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