#9B8D35#9B8D35

#9B8D35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.109 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8D35
RGB	rgb(155, 141, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 65.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.30, -5.61, 47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.30, 47.59, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.0193 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.109 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6860, 26.2764, 7.1917)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8D35 #35439B

analogous

#9B5A35 #9B8D35 #769B35

triadic

#9B8D35 #359B8D #8D359B

tetradic

#9B8D35 #359B5A #35439B #9B3576

square

#9B8D35 #359B5A #35439B #9B3576

split-complementary

#9B8D35 #35769B #5A359B

monochromatic

#403A16 #6D6425 #9B8D35 #C2B14C #D1C579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#9B8D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#9B8D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8D35

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8D35	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)

#9A892A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 141, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.109 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae71',
    500: '#9b8d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8d35;
$custom-light: #bbae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 49.038,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63859,
    "c": 0.10894,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8D35

secondary

#727CBA

accent

#62D94F

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8D35

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

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