#9B8A3D#9B8A3D

#9B8A3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.099 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A3D
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 60.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.54, -3.40, 42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.54, 42.83, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0121 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.099 97)
XYZ	xyz(23.4493, 25.4835, 8.0976)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A3D #3D4E9B

analogous

#9B5B3D #9B8A3D #7D9B3D

triadic

#9B8A3D #3D9B8A #8A3D9B

tetradic

#9B8A3D #3D9B5B #3D4E9B #9B3D7D

square

#9B8A3D #3D9B5B #3D4E9B #9B3D7D

split-complementary

#9B8A3D #3D7D9B #5B3D9B

monochromatic

#433C1A #6F632C #9B8A3D #BDAB58 #CFC184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9B8A3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#9B8A3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A3D

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A3D	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.099 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab75',
    500: '#9b8a3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a3d;
$custom-light: #bbab75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.149,
    "s": 43.519,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63286,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.25482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A3D

secondary

#7B86B9

accent

#6BD355

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A3D

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

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