#9B8D2F#9B8D2F

#9B8D2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.114 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8D2F
RGB	rgb(155, 141, 47)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 69.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, -5.97, 49.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 50.17, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0211 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.114 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5566, 26.2246, 6.5098)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8D2F #2F3D9B

analogous

#9B572F #9B8D2F #739B2F

triadic

#9B8D2F #2F9B8D #8D2F9B

tetradic

#9B8D2F #2F9B57 #2F3D9B #9B2F73

square

#9B8D2F #2F9B57 #2F3D9B #9B2F73

split-complementary

#9B8D2F #2F739B #572F9B

monochromatic

#3D3813 #6C6221 #9B8D2F #C6B442 #D4C771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#9B8D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#9B8D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8D2F

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8D2F	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)

#9A8922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 141, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.114 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae6d',
    500: '#9b8d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8d2f;
$custom-light: #bcae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.222,
    "s": 53.465,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63805,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8D2F

secondary

#6A75BB

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8D2F

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

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