#9B8B1E#9B8B1E

#9B8B1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.122 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8B1E
RGB	rgb(155, 139, 30)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(52, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, -5.67, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 55.81, 95.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.022 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.122 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9857, 25.5287, 4.9448)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8B1E #1E2E9B

analogous

#9B4D1E #9B8B1E #6D9B1E

triadic

#9B8B1E #1E9B8B #8B1E9B

tetradic

#9B8B1E #1E9B4D #1E2E9B #9B1E6D

square

#9B8B1E #1E9B4D #1E2E9B #9B1E6D

split-complementary

#9B8B1E #1E6D9B #4D1E9B

monochromatic

#342F0A #685D14 #9B8B1E #CEB928 #DECD55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9B8B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#9B8B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8B1E

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8B1E	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)

#998700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 139, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.122 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac64',
    500: '#9b8b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8b1e;
$custom-light: #bcac64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63245,
    "c": 0.12239,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8B1E

secondary

#5361C2

accent

#54EA3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8B1E

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

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