#9B8A40#9B8A40

#9B8A40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.097 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A40
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 58.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, -3.17, 41.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 41.38, 94.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.011 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.097 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5324, 25.5167, 8.5352)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A40 #40519B

analogous

#9B5C40 #9B8A40 #7E9B40

triadic

#9B8A40 #409B8A #8A409B

tetradic

#9B8A40 #409B5C #40519B #9B407E

square

#9B8A40 #409B5C #40519B #9B407E

split-complementary

#9B8A40 #407E9B #5C409B

monochromatic

#443D1C #70632E #9B8A40 #BCAA5C #CEC188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9B8A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#9B8A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A40

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A40	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)

#968739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.097 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab77',
    500: '#9b8a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a40;
$custom-light: #bbab77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.791,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63321,
    "c": 0.09661,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A40

secondary

#7E89B8

accent

#6DD156

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A40

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

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