#9B8A3F#9B8A3F

#9B8A3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.098 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A3F
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 63)
HSL	hsl(49, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 59.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, -3.25, 41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 41.87, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.0114 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.098 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5042, 25.5055, 8.3866)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A3F #3F509B

analogous

#9B5C3F #9B8A3F #7E9B3F

triadic

#9B8A3F #3F9B8A #8A3F9B

tetradic

#9B8A3F #3F9B5C #3F509B #9B3F7E

square

#9B8A3F #3F9B5C #3F509B #9B3F7E

split-complementary

#9B8A3F #3F7E9B #5C3F9B

monochromatic

#443D1C #6F632D #9B8A3F #BCAA5B #CEC186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9B8A3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#9B8A3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A3F

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A3F	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)

#978737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.098 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab77',
    500: '#9b8a3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a3f;
$custom-light: #bbab77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.913,
    "s": 42.202,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63309,
    "c": 0.09755,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A3F

secondary

#7D88B8

accent

#6DD256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A3F

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

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