#9B8B4E#9B8B4E

#9B8B4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.083 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8B4E
RGB	rgb(155, 139, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 49.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, -2.48, 34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 34.70, 94.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% -0.0074 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.083 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1261, 25.9848, 10.9510)
Luminance	0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8B4E #4E5E9B

analogous

#9B644E #9B8B4E #849B4E

triadic

#9B8B4E #4E9B8B #8B4E9B

tetradic

#9B8B4E #4E9B64 #4E5E9B #9B4E84

square

#9B8B4E #4E9B64 #4E5E9B #9B4E84

split-complementary

#9B8B4E #4E849B #644E9B

monochromatic

#4A4225 #72663A #9B8B4E #B7A86F #CBC198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9B8B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#9B8B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8B4E

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8B4E	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 139, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.083 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baac81',
    500: '#9b8b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8b4e;
$custom-light: #baac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.532,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6373,
    "c": 0.0832,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8B4E

secondary

#8D96B8

accent

#75C95F

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8B4E

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

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