#9B8D2E#9B8D2E

#9B8D2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.114 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8D2E
RGB	rgb(155, 141, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 70.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, -6.03, 50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 50.58, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% -0.0214 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.114 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5366, 26.2166, 6.4048)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8D2E #2E3C9B

analogous

#9B572E #9B8D2E #729B2E

triadic

#9B8D2E #2E9B8D #8D2E9B

tetradic

#9B8D2E #2E9B57 #2E3C9B #9B2E72

square

#9B8D2E #2E9B57 #2E3C9B #9B2E72

split-complementary

#9B8D2E #2E729B #572E9B

monochromatic

#3D3712 #6C6220 #9B8D2E #C6B540 #D4C76F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#9B8D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#9B8D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8D2E

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8D2E	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)

#9A8920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 141, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.114 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae6d',
    500: '#9b8d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8d2e;
$custom-light: #bcae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.294,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63797,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8D2E

secondary

#6974BC

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8D2E

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

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