#9B8A39#9B8A39

#9B8A39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.103 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A39
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 63.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, -3.70, 44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 44.71, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.0134 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.103 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3456, 25.4420, 7.5512)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A39 #394A9B

analogous

#9B5939 #9B8A39 #7B9B39

triadic

#9B8A39 #399B8A #8A399B

tetradic

#9B8A39 #399B59 #394A9B #9B397B

square

#9B8A39 #399B59 #394A9B #9B397B

split-complementary

#9B8A39 #397B9B #59399B

monochromatic

#423A18 #6E6229 #9B8A39 #BFAC52 #D0C27F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9B8A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#9B8A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A39

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A39	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)

#978730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.103 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab73',
    500: '#9b8a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a39;
$custom-light: #bbab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.592,
    "s": 46.226,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63241,
    "c": 0.10297,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A39

secondary

#7782B9

accent

#69D652

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A39

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

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