#9B8D3E#9B8D3E

#9B8D3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.101 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8D3E
RGB	rgb(155, 141, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 60%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -4.97, 43.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 43.44, 96.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.0164 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.101 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9129, 26.3671, 8.3863)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8D3E #3E4C9B

analogous

#9B5F3E #9B8D3E #7A9B3E

triadic

#9B8D3E #3E9B8D #8D3E9B

tetradic

#9B8D3E #3E9B5F #3E4C9B #9B3E7A

square

#9B8D3E #3E9B5F #3E4C9B #9B3E7A

split-complementary

#9B8D3E #3E7A9B #5F3E9B

monochromatic

#443D1B #6F652D #9B8D3E #BDAE59 #CEC385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#9B8D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#9B8D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8D3E

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8D3E	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)

#998936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 141, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.101 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae76',
    500: '#9b8d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8d3e;
$custom-light: #bbae76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.968,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63955,
    "c": 0.10114,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8D3E

secondary

#7C85B9

accent

#68D355

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8D3E

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

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