#9B8B29#9B8B29

#9B8B29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.116 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8B29
RGB	rgb(155, 139, 41)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 73.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, -5.20, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 51.91, 95.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.0196 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.116 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1515, 25.5950, 5.8182)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8B29 #29399B

analogous

#9B5229 #9B8B29 #729B29

triadic

#9B8B29 #299B8B #8B299B

tetradic

#9B8B29 #299B52 #29399B #9B2972

square

#9B8B29 #299B52 #29399B #9B2972

split-complementary

#9B8B29 #29729B #52299B

monochromatic

#3A340F #6B601C #9B8B29 #CAB537 #D7C767

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9B8B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#9B8B29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8B29

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8B29	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)

#998719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 139, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.116 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac6a',
    500: '#9b8b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8b29;
$custom-light: #bcac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.579,
    "s": 58.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63316,
    "c": 0.11603,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8B29

secondary

#636FBD

accent

#5CE146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8B29

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

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