#9B8A4E#9B8A4E

#9B8A4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.082 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A4E
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 49.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -1.93, 34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 34.33, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0058 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.082 94)
XYZ	xyz(23.9820, 25.6966, 10.9029)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A4E #4E5F9B

analogous

#9B634E #9B8A4E #859B4E

triadic

#9B8A4E #4E9B8A #8A4E9B

tetradic

#9B8A4E #4E9B63 #4E5F9B #9B4E85

square

#9B8A4E #4E9B63 #4E5F9B #9B4E85

split-complementary

#9B8A4E #4E859B #634E9B

monochromatic

#4A4225 #72663A #9B8A4E #B7A76F #CBC098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9B8A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9B8A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A4E

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A4E	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.082 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baac81',
    500: '#9b8a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a4e;
$custom-light: #baac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.753,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63513,
    "c": 0.08232,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.25696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A4E

secondary

#8D96B8

accent

#76C95F

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A4E

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

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