#9B8A46#9B8A46

#9B8A46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.091 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A46
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 54.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, -2.67, 38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 38.41, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.0088 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.091 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7124, 25.5887, 9.4833)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A46 #46579B

analogous

#9B6046 #9B8A46 #829B46

triadic

#9B8A46 #469B8A #8A469B

tetradic

#9B8A46 #469B60 #46579B #9B4682

square

#9B8A46 #469B60 #46579B #9B4682

split-complementary

#9B8A46 #46829B #60469B

monochromatic

#473F20 #716433 #9B8A46 #B9A865 #CCC08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9B8A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#9B8A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A46

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A46	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.091 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab7b',
    500: '#9b8a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a46;
$custom-light: #bbab7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 37.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63398,
    "c": 0.09072,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A46

secondary

#858FB8

accent

#71CE5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A46

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

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