#9B8B23#9B8B23

#9B8B23 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.120 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8B23
RGB	rgb(155, 139, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 77.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, -5.47, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 54.13, 95.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.021 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.12 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0547, 25.5563, 5.3083)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8B23 #23339B

analogous

#9B4F23 #9B8B23 #6F9B23

triadic

#9B8B23 #239B8B #8B239B

tetradic

#9B8B23 #239B4F #23339B #9B236F

square

#9B8B23 #239B4F #23339B #9B236F

split-complementary

#9B8B23 #236F9B #4F239B

monochromatic

#37310C #695E18 #9B8B23 #CDB82E #DBCA5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9B8B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#9B8B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8B23

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8B23	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)

#99870D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 139, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.120 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac67',
    500: '#9b8b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8b23;
$custom-light: #bcac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63275,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8B23

secondary

#5A68BF

accent

#58E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8B23

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

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