#9B8B2F#9B8B2F

#9B8B2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.112 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8B2F
RGB	rgb(155, 139, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 69.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, -4.88, 49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 49.49, 95.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.018 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.112 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2643, 25.6401, 6.4124)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8B2F #2F3F9B

analogous

#9B552F #9B8B2F #759B2F

triadic

#9B8B2F #2F9B8B #8B2F9B

tetradic

#9B8B2F #2F9B55 #2F3F9B #9B2F75

square

#9B8B2F #2F9B55 #2F3F9B #9B2F75

split-complementary

#9B8B2F #2F759B #552F9B

monochromatic

#3D3713 #6C6121 #9B8B2F #C6B242 #D4C571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9B8B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9B8B2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8B2F

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8B2F	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)

#988722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 139, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.112 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac6d',
    500: '#9b8b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8b2f;
$custom-light: #bcac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 53.465,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63364,
    "c": 0.11186,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8B2F

secondary

#6A76BB

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8B2F

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

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