#9B8D33#9B8D33

#9B8D33 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.111 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8D33
RGB	rgb(155, 141, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 67.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, -5.73, 48.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 48.47, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.0199 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.111 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6410, 26.2584, 6.9544)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8D33 #33419B

analogous

#9B5933 #9B8D33 #759B33

triadic

#9B8D33 #339B8D #8D339B

tetradic

#9B8D33 #339B59 #33419B #9B3375

square

#9B8D33 #339B59 #33419B #9B3375

split-complementary

#9B8D33 #33759B #59339B

monochromatic

#3F3915 #6D6324 #9B8D33 #C3B248 #D2C676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#9B8D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#9B8D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8D33

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8D33	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)

#9A8927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 141, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.111 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae6f',
    500: '#9b8d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8d33;
$custom-light: #bbae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.923,
    "s": 50.485,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63841,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8D33

secondary

#6F79BA

accent

#61DA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8D33

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

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