#9B8B2C#9B8B2C

#9B8B2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.114 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8B2C
RGB	rgb(155, 139, 44)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 71.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, -5.04, 50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 50.72, 95.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.0188 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.114 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2059, 25.6167, 6.1046)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8B2C #2C3C9B

analogous

#9B542C #9B8B2C #749B2C

triadic

#9B8B2C #2C9B8B #8B2C9B

tetradic

#9B8B2C #2C9B54 #2C3C9B #9B2C74

square

#9B8B2C #2C9B54 #2C3C9B #9B2C74

split-complementary

#9B8B2C #2C749B #542C9B

monochromatic

#3C3611 #6B601E #9B8B2C #C8B43C #D5C66C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9B8B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#9B8B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8B2C

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8B2C	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)

#99871E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 139, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.114 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac6b',
    500: '#9b8b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8b2c;
$custom-light: #bcac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.351,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63339,
    "c": 0.114,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8B2C

secondary

#6773BC

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8B2C

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

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