#9B8C1E#9B8C1E

#9B8C1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.123 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8C1E
RGB	rgb(155, 140, 30)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, -6.22, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 56.11, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.0236 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.123 101)
XYZ	xyz(23.1311, 25.8196, 4.9933)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8C1E #1E2D9B

analogous

#9B4E1E #9B8C1E #6C9B1E

triadic

#9B8C1E #1E9B8C #8C1E9B

tetradic

#9B8C1E #1E9B4E #1E2D9B #9B1E6C

square

#9B8C1E #1E9B4E #1E2D9B #9B1E6C

split-complementary

#9B8C1E #1E6C9B #4E1E9B

monochromatic

#342F0A #685E14 #9B8C1E #CEBA28 #DECE55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9B8C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9B8C1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8C1E

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8C1E	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 140, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.123 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcad64',
    500: '#9b8c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8c1e;
$custom-light: #bcad64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63466,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.25818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8C1E

secondary

#5360C2

accent

#52EA3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8C1E

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

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