#9B8D2D#9B8D2D

#9B8D2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.115 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8D2D
RGB	rgb(155, 141, 45)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 71%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, -6.08, 50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 50.99, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.0216 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.115 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5171, 26.2088, 6.3022)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8D2D #2D3B9B

analogous

#9B562D #9B8D2D #729B2D

triadic

#9B8D2D #2D9B8D #8D2D9B

tetradic

#9B8D2D #2D9B56 #2D3B9B #9B2D72

square

#9B8D2D #2D9B56 #2D3B9B #9B2D72

split-complementary

#9B8D2D #2D729B #562D9B

monochromatic

#3C3711 #6C621F #9B8D2D #C7B63E #D5C86E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#9B8D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#9B8D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8D2D

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8D2D	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	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)

#9A891F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 141, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.115 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae6c',
    500: '#9b8d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8d2d;
$custom-light: #bcae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63788,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8D2D

secondary

#6873BC

accent

#5CDE49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8D2D

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

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