#9B8A3C#9B8A3C

#9B8A3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.100 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A3C
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 60)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 61.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, -3.48, 43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 43.30, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0124 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.1 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4226, 25.4728, 7.9571)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A3C #3C4D9B

analogous

#9B5B3C #9B8A3C #7D9B3C

triadic

#9B8A3C #3C9B8A #8A3C9B

tetradic

#9B8A3C #3C9B5B #3C4D9B #9B3C7D

square

#9B8A3C #3C9B5B #3C4D9B #9B3C7D

split-complementary

#9B8A3C #3C7D9B #5B3C9B

monochromatic

#433B1A #6F632B #9B8A3C #BEAB56 #CFC183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9B8A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#9B8A3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A3C

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A3C	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)

#978734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.100 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab75',
    500: '#9b8a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a3c;
$custom-light: #bbab75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.263,
    "s": 44.186,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63274,
    "c": 0.10032,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A3C

secondary

#7A85B9

accent

#6BD454

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A3C

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

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