#9B8E27#9B8E27

#9B8E27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.120 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8E27
RGB	rgb(155, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 74.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.47, -6.93, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.47, 53.66, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0247 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.12 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5579, 26.4621, 5.7859)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8E27 #27349B

analogous

#9B5427 #9B8E27 #6E9B27

triadic

#9B8E27 #279B8E #8E279B

tetradic

#9B8E27 #279B54 #27349B #9B276E

square

#9B8E27 #279B54 #27349B #9B276E

split-complementary

#9B8E27 #276E9B #54279B

monochromatic

#39340E #6A611B #9B8E27 #CCBB33 #D8CB64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9B8E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#9B8E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8E27

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8E27	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)

#9C8A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.120 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae69',
    500: '#9b8e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8e27;
$custom-light: #bcae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.276,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63965,
    "c": 0.11985,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8E27

secondary

#606ABE

accent

#57E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8E27

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

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