#9B8E29#9B8E29

#9B8E29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.119 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8E29
RGB	rgb(155, 142, 41)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 73.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -6.83, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 52.91, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.0242 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.119 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5919, 26.4757, 5.9650)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8E29 #29369B

analogous

#9B5529 #9B8E29 #6F9B29

triadic

#9B8E29 #299B8E #8E299B

tetradic

#9B8E29 #299B55 #29369B #9B296F

square

#9B8E29 #299B55 #29369B #9B296F

split-complementary

#9B8E29 #296F9B #55299B

monochromatic

#3A350F #6B621C #9B8E29 #CAB937 #D7CA67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9B8E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#9B8E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8E29

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8E29	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)

#9B8A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 142, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.119 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae6a',
    500: '#9b8e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8e29;
$custom-light: #bcae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.158,
    "s": 58.163,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63979,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8E29

secondary

#636DBD

accent

#58E146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8E29

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

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