#9B8B2E#9B8B2E

#9B8B2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.113 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8B2E
RGB	rgb(155, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 70.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, -4.94, 49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 49.90, 95.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0183 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.113 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2444, 25.6321, 6.3074)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8B2E #2E3E9B

analogous

#9B552E #9B8B2E #759B2E

triadic

#9B8B2E #2E9B8B #8B2E9B

tetradic

#9B8B2E #2E9B55 #2E3E9B #9B2E75

square

#9B8B2E #2E9B55 #2E3E9B #9B2E75

split-complementary

#9B8B2E #2E759B #552E9B

monochromatic

#3D3612 #6C6120 #9B8B2E #C6B340 #D4C56F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9B8B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9B8B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8B2E

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8B2E	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.113 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac6c',
    500: '#9b8b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8b2e;
$custom-light: #bcac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.193,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63356,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8B2E

secondary

#6975BC

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8B2E

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

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