#9B8A38#9B8A38

#9B8A38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.104 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A38
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 63.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, -3.76, 45.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 45.18, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.0137 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.104 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3209, 25.4321, 7.4211)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A38 #38499B

analogous

#9B5938 #9B8A38 #7B9B38

triadic

#9B8A38 #389B8A #8A389B

tetradic

#9B8A38 #389B59 #38499B #9B387B

square

#9B8A38 #389B59 #38499B #9B387B

split-complementary

#9B8A38 #387B9B #59389B

monochromatic

#413A18 #6E6228 #9B8A38 #C0AD50 #D0C27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9B8A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#9B8A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A38

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A38	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.104 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab72',
    500: '#9b8a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a38;
$custom-light: #bbab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.697,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63231,
    "c": 0.10383,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A38

secondary

#7581B9

accent

#68D751

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A38

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

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