#9B8D29#9B8D29

#9B8D29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.118 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8D29
RGB	rgb(155, 141, 41)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 73.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, -6.29, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 52.57, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% -0.0227 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.118 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4438, 26.1795, 5.9157)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8D29 #29379B

analogous

#9B5429 #9B8D29 #709B29

triadic

#9B8D29 #299B8D #8D299B

tetradic

#9B8D29 #299B54 #29379B #9B2970

square

#9B8D29 #299B54 #29379B #9B2970

split-complementary

#9B8D29 #29709B #54299B

monochromatic

#3A350F #6B611C #9B8D29 #CAB837 #D7C967

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#9B8D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#9B8D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8D29

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8D29	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 141, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.118 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae6a',
    500: '#9b8d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8d29;
$custom-light: #bcae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.632,
    "s": 58.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63758,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8D29

secondary

#636EBD

accent

#59E146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8D29

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

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