#9B8D3D#9B8D3D

#9B8D3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.102 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8D3D
RGB	rgb(155, 141, 61)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 60.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, -5.05, 43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 43.91, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.0168 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.102 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8857, 26.3562, 8.2431)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8D3D #3D4B9B

analogous

#9B5E3D #9B8D3D #7A9B3D

triadic

#9B8D3D #3D9B8D #8D3D9B

tetradic

#9B8D3D #3D9B5E #3D4B9B #9B3D7A

square

#9B8D3D #3D9B5E #3D4B9B #9B3D7A

split-complementary

#9B8D3D #3D7A9B #5E3D9B

monochromatic

#433D1A #6F652C #9B8D3D #BDAE58 #CFC384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#9B8D3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#9B8D3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8D3D

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8D3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8D3D	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8d3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 141, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.102 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae76',
    500: '#9b8d3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8d3d;
$custom-light: #bbae76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8d3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 43.519,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63943,
    "c": 0.10205,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8D3D

secondary

#7B84B9

accent

#67D355

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8D3D

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

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