#9B8A3B#9B8A3B

#9B8A3B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.101 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A3B
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 61.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, -3.55, 43.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 43.78, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.0127 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.101 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3964, 25.4624, 7.8192)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A3B #3B4C9B

analogous

#9B5A3B #9B8A3B #7C9B3B

triadic

#9B8A3B #3B9B8A #8A3B9B

tetradic

#9B8A3B #3B9B5A #3B4C9B #9B3B7C

square

#9B8A3B #3B9B5A #3B4C9B #9B3B7C

split-complementary

#9B8A3B #3B7C9B #5A3B9B

monochromatic

#423B19 #6F632A #9B8A3B #BEAC55 #CFC181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9B8A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#9B8A3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A3B

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A3B	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)

#978733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.101 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab74',
    500: '#9b8a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a3b;
$custom-light: #bbab74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.375,
    "s": 44.86,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63263,
    "c": 0.10121,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A3B

secondary

#7984B9

accent

#6AD553

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A3B

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

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