#9B8D2B#9B8D2B

#9B8D2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.116 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8D2B
RGB	rgb(155, 141, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 72.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -6.19, 51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 51.79, 96.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.0222 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.116 101)
XYZ	xyz(23.4796, 26.1938, 6.1042)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8D2B #2B399B

analogous

#9B552B #9B8D2B #719B2B

triadic

#9B8D2B #2B9B8D #8D2B9B

tetradic

#9B8D2B #2B9B55 #2B399B #9B2B71

square

#9B8D2B #2B9B55 #2B399B #9B2B71

split-complementary

#9B8D2B #2B719B #552B9B

monochromatic

#3B3610 #6B611E #9B8D2B #C9B73B #D6C86B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#9B8D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#9B8D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8D2B

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8D2B	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)

#9A891C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 141, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.116 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae6b',
    500: '#9b8d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8d2b;
$custom-light: #bcae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63773,
    "c": 0.11639,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.26193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8D2B

secondary

#6570BC

accent

#5BE048

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8D2B

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

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