#9B8A3A#9B8A3A

#9B8A3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.102 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A3A
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 58)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 62.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, -3.62, 44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 44.25, 94.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.0131 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.102 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3707, 25.4521, 7.6839)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A3A #3A4B9B

analogous

#9B5A3A #9B8A3A #7C9B3A

triadic

#9B8A3A #3A9B8A #8A3A9B

tetradic

#9B8A3A #3A9B5A #3A4B9B #9B3A7C

square

#9B8A3A #3A9B5A #3A4B9B #9B3A7C

split-complementary

#9B8A3A #3A7C9B #5A3A9B

monochromatic

#423B19 #6E6229 #9B8A3A #BFAC53 #CFC280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9B8A3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#9B8A3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A3A

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A3A	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)

#978731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.102 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab73',
    500: '#9b8a3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a3a;
$custom-light: #bbab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.485,
    "s": 45.54,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63252,
    "c": 0.1021,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A3A

secondary

#7883B9

accent

#69D553

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A3A

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

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