#9B8D1E#9B8D1E

#9B8D1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.124 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8D1E
RGB	rgb(155, 141, 30)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, -6.76, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 56.42, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0251 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.124 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2779, 26.1131, 5.0423)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8D1E #1E2C9B

analogous

#9B4F1E #9B8D1E #6B9B1E

triadic

#9B8D1E #1E9B8D #8D1E9B

tetradic

#9B8D1E #1E9B4F #1E2C9B #9B1E6B

square

#9B8D1E #1E9B4F #1E2C9B #9B1E6B

split-complementary

#9B8D1E #1E6B9B #4F1E9B

monochromatic

#34300A #685E14 #9B8D1E #CEBC28 #DECF55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#9B8D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#9B8D1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8D1E

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8D1E	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 141, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.124 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae65',
    500: '#9b8d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8d1e;
$custom-light: #bcae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.28,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63688,
    "c": 0.12402,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8D1E

secondary

#5360C2

accent

#51EA3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8D1E

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

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