#9B8E1E#9B8E1E

#9B8E1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.125 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8E1E
RGB	rgb(155, 142, 30)
HSL	hsl(54, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(54, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -7.30, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 56.73, 97.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.0266 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.125 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.4260, 26.4094, 5.0916)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8E1E #1E2B9B

analogous

#9B501E #9B8E1E #6A9B1E

triadic

#9B8E1E #1E9B8E #8E1E9B

tetradic

#9B8E1E #1E9B50 #1E2B9B #9B1E6A

square

#9B8E1E #1E9B50 #1E2B9B #9B1E6A

split-complementary

#9B8E1E #1E6A9B #501E9B

monochromatic

#34300A #685F14 #9B8E1E #CEBD28 #DED055

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9B8E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#9B8E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8E1E

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8E1E	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 142, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.125 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae65',
    500: '#9b8e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8e1e;
$custom-light: #bcae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.76,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6391,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8E1E

secondary

#535FC2

accent

#4FEA3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8E1E

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

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