#9B8A48#9B8A48

#9B8A48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.089 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A48
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 53.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, -2.49, 37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 37.40, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.0081 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.089 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7766, 25.6144, 9.8213)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A48 #48599B

analogous

#9B6148 #9B8A48 #839B48

triadic

#9B8A48 #489B8A #8A489B

tetradic

#9B8A48 #489B61 #48599B #9B4883

square

#9B8A48 #489B61 #48599B #9B4883

split-complementary

#9B8A48 #48839B #61489B

monochromatic

#474021 #716535 #9B8A48 #B9A868 #CCC091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9B8A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#9B8A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A48

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A48	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)

#968742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.089 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baab7d',
    500: '#9b8a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a48;
$custom-light: #baab7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.711,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63426,
    "c": 0.08868,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A48

secondary

#8791B8

accent

#72CD5B

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A48

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

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