#9B8D4E#9B8D4E

#9B8D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.085 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8D4E
RGB	rgb(155, 141, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 49.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -3.58, 35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 35.47, 95.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.0105 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.085 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4183, 26.5693, 11.0484)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8D4E #4E5C9B

analogous

#9B664E #9B8D4E #829B4E

triadic

#9B8D4E #4E9B8D #8D4E9B

tetradic

#9B8D4E #4E9B66 #4E5C9B #9B4E82

square

#9B8D4E #4E9B66 #4E5C9B #9B4E82

split-complementary

#9B8D4E #4E829B #664E9B

monochromatic

#4A4325 #72683A #9B8D4E #B7AA6F #CBC298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9B8D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#9B8D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8D4E

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8D4E	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 141, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.085 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baae81',
    500: '#9b8d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8d4e;
$custom-light: #baae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64166,
    "c": 0.08502,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8D4E

secondary

#8D95B8

accent

#72C95F

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8D4E

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

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