#9B8D46#9B8D46

#9B8D46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.093 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8D46
RGB	rgb(155, 141, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 54.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.47, -4.32, 39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.47, 39.53, 96.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.0136 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.093 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1488, 26.4615, 9.6287)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8D46 #46549B

analogous

#9B6346 #9B8D46 #7F9B46

triadic

#9B8D46 #469B8D #8D469B

tetradic

#9B8D46 #469B63 #46549B #9B467F

square

#9B8D46 #469B63 #46549B #9B467F

split-complementary

#9B8D46 #467F9B #63469B

monochromatic

#474020 #716733 #9B8D46 #B9AB65 #CCC28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9B8D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#9B8D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8D46

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8D46	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 141, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.093 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baae7b',
    500: '#9b8d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8d46;
$custom-light: #baae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.118,
    "s": 37.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64053,
    "c": 0.09341,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8D46

secondary

#858DB8

accent

#6DCE5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8D46

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

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