#9B8D32#9B8D32

#9B8D32 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.111 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8D32
RGB	rgb(155, 141, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 67.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, -5.79, 48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 48.90, 96.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% -0.0202 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.111 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6192, 26.2496, 6.8396)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8D32 #32409B

analogous

#9B5832 #9B8D32 #749B32

triadic

#9B8D32 #329B8D #8D329B

tetradic

#9B8D32 #329B58 #32409B #9B3274

square

#9B8D32 #329B58 #32409B #9B3274

split-complementary

#9B8D32 #32749B #58329B

monochromatic

#3E3914 #6D6323 #9B8D32 #C4B347 #D2C675

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#9B8D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#9B8D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8D32

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8D32	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 141, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.111 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae6f',
    500: '#9b8d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8d32;
$custom-light: #bbae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63831,
    "c": 0.11132,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8D32

secondary

#6E78BB

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8D32

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

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