#9B8D26#9B8D26

#9B8D26 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.120 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8D26
RGB	rgb(155, 141, 38)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 75.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, -6.43, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 53.70, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.0234 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.12 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3934, 26.1593, 5.6504)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8D26 #26349B

analogous

#9B5326 #9B8D26 #6E9B26

triadic

#9B8D26 #269B8D #8D269B

tetradic

#9B8D26 #269B53 #26349B #9B266E

square

#9B8D26 #269B53 #26349B #9B266E

split-complementary

#9B8D26 #266E9B #53269B

monochromatic

#39340E #6A601A #9B8D26 #CCBA32 #D9CB63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#9B8D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#9B8D26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8D26

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8D26	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 141, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.120 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae68',
    500: '#9b8d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8d26;
$custom-light: #bcae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.821,
    "s": 60.622,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63736,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8D26

secondary

#5F6ABE

accent

#57E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8D26

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

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