#9B8B28#9B8B28

#9B8B28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.117 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8B28
RGB	rgb(155, 139, 40)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 74.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, -5.25, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 52.30, 95.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.0198 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.117 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1343, 25.5881, 5.7275)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8B28 #28389B

analogous

#9B5128 #9B8B28 #719B28

triadic

#9B8B28 #289B8B #8B289B

tetradic

#9B8B28 #289B51 #28389B #9B2871

square

#9B8B28 #289B51 #28389B #9B2871

split-complementary

#9B8B28 #28719B #51289B

monochromatic

#3A340F #6A5F1B #9B8B28 #CBB635 #D7C866

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9B8B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#9B8B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8B28

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8B28	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)

#998717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 139, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.117 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac69',
    500: '#9b8b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8b28;
$custom-light: #bcac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.652,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63309,
    "c": 0.11669,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8B28

secondary

#616EBD

accent

#5BE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8B28

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

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