#9B8B2B#9B8B2B

#9B8B2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.115 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8B2B
RGB	rgb(155, 139, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 72.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, -5.10, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 51.13, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.0191 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.115 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1873, 25.6093, 6.0068)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8B2B #2B3B9B

analogous

#9B532B #9B8B2B #739B2B

triadic

#9B8B2B #2B9B8B #8B2B9B

tetradic

#9B8B2B #2B9B53 #2B3B9B #9B2B73

square

#9B8B2B #2B9B53 #2B3B9B #9B2B73

split-complementary

#9B8B2B #2B739B #532B9B

monochromatic

#3B3510 #6B601E #9B8B2B #C9B43B #D6C76B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9B8B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#9B8B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8B2B

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8B2B	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)

#99871C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 139, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.115 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac6b',
    500: '#9b8b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8b2b;
$custom-light: #bcac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63331,
    "c": 0.1147,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8B2B

secondary

#6572BC

accent

#5EE048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8B2B

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

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