#9B8E2A#9B8E2A

#9B8E2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.118 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8E2A
RGB	rgb(155, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 72.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -6.78, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 52.52, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0239 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.118 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6095, 26.4828, 6.0581)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8E2A #2A379B

analogous

#9B552A #9B8E2A #6F9B2A

triadic

#9B8E2A #2A9B8E #8E2A9B

tetradic

#9B8E2A #2A9B55 #2A379B #9B2A6F

square

#9B8E2A #2A9B55 #2A379B #9B2A6F

split-complementary

#9B8E2A #2A6F9B #552A9B

monochromatic

#3B3610 #6B621D #9B8E2A #C9B939 #D6CA69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9B8E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9B8E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8E2A

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8E2A	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.118 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae6b',
    500: '#9b8e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8e2a;
$custom-light: #bcae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.097,
    "s": 57.36,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63986,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8E2A

secondary

#646EBD

accent

#59E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8E2A

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

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