#9B8A42#9B8A42

#9B8A42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.095 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A42
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 57.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, -3.01, 40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 40.40, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0103 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.095 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5903, 25.5399, 8.8403)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A42 #42539B

analogous

#9B5D42 #9B8A42 #7F9B42

triadic

#9B8A42 #429B8A #8A429B

tetradic

#9B8A42 #429B5D #42539B #9B427F

square

#9B8A42 #429B5D #42539B #9B427F

split-complementary

#9B8A42 #427F9B #5D429B

monochromatic

#453E1D #706430 #9B8A42 #BBA95F #CDC08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9B8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#9B8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A42

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A42	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96873B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.095 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab79',
    500: '#9b8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a42;
$custom-light: #bbab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.539,
    "s": 40.271,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63346,
    "c": 0.09468,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A42

secondary

#818BB8

accent

#6FD058

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A42

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

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