#9B8D5D#9B8D5D

#9B8D5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.068 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8D5D
RGB	rgb(155, 141, 93)
HSL	hsl(46, 25%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 40%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 40%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, -1.96, 27.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 27.58, 94.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0044 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.068 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0188, 26.8095, 14.2107)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8D5D #5D6B9B

analogous

#9B6E5D #9B8D5D #8A9B5D

triadic

#9B8D5D #5D9B8D #8D5D9B

tetradic

#9B8D5D #5D9B6E #5D6B9B #9B5D8A

square

#9B8D5D #5D9B6E #5D6B9B #9B5D8A

split-complementary

#9B8D5D #5D8A9B #6E5D9B

monochromatic

#4E472F #756A46 #9B8D5D #B4A881 #CBC3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#9B8D5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#9B8D5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8D5D

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8D5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8D5D	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978B59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8F5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A48681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8d5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 141, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.068 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae8b',
    500: '#9b8d5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8d5d;
$custom-light: #b9ae8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8d5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64416,
    "c": 0.06784,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8D5D

secondary

#9BA2B9

accent

#7BC166

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#12100C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8D5D

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

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