#9B8B2D#9B8B2D

#9B8B2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.113 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8B2D
RGB	rgb(155, 139, 45)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 71%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, -4.99, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 50.32, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0185 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.113 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2249, 25.6244, 6.2048)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8B2D #2D3D9B

analogous

#9B542D #9B8B2D #749B2D

triadic

#9B8B2D #2D9B8B #8B2D9B

tetradic

#9B8B2D #2D9B54 #2D3D9B #9B2D74

square

#9B8B2D #2D9B54 #2D3D9B #9B2D74

split-complementary

#9B8B2D #2D749B #542D9B

monochromatic

#3C3611 #6C601F #9B8B2D #C7B33E #D5C66E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9B8B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#9B8B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8B2D

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8B2D	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)

#99871F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 139, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.113 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac6c',
    500: '#9b8b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8b2d;
$custom-light: #bcac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63347,
    "c": 0.1133,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8B2D

secondary

#6874BC

accent

#5FDE49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8B2D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →