#9B8D56#9B8D56

#9B8D56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.076 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8D56
RGB	rgb(155, 141, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 44.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -2.76, 31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 31.30, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% -0.0073 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.076 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7228, 26.6911, 12.6519)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8D56 #56649B

analogous

#9B6A56 #9B8D56 #879B56

triadic

#9B8D56 #569B8D #8D569B

tetradic

#9B8D56 #569B6A #56649B #9B5687

square

#9B8D56 #569B6A #56649B #9B5687

split-complementary

#9B8D56 #56879B #6A569B

monochromatic

#4C452A #746940 #9B8D56 #B5A979 #CBC2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#9B8D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#9B8D56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8D56

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8D56	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 141, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.076 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baae86',
    500: '#9b8d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8d56;
$custom-light: #baae86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 28.631,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64293,
    "c": 0.07607,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8D56

secondary

#959CB8

accent

#77C563

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8D56

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

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