#9B8E2B#9B8E2B

#9B8E2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.117 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8E2B
RGB	rgb(155, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 72.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, -6.73, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 52.13, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0237 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.117 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6277, 26.4900, 6.1535)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8E2B #2B389B

analogous

#9B562B #9B8E2B #709B2B

triadic

#9B8E2B #2B9B8E #8E2B9B

tetradic

#9B8E2B #2B9B56 #2B389B #9B2B70

square

#9B8E2B #2B9B56 #2B389B #9B2B70

split-complementary

#9B8E2B #2B709B #562B9B

monochromatic

#3B3610 #6B621E #9B8E2B #C9B83B #D6C96B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9B8E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9B8E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8E2B

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8E2B	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	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)

#9B8A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.117 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae6b',
    500: '#9b8e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8e2b;
$custom-light: #bcae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.036,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63994,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8E2B

secondary

#656FBC

accent

#5AE048

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8E2B

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

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