#9B8E2C#9B8E2C

#9B8E2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.117 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8E2C
RGB	rgb(155, 142, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 71.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -6.68, 51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 51.74, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64% -0.0234 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.117 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6462, 26.4974, 6.2514)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8E2C #2C399B

analogous

#9B572C #9B8E2C #719B2C

triadic

#9B8E2C #2C9B8E #8E2C9B

tetradic

#9B8E2C #2C9B57 #2C399B #9B2C71

square

#9B8E2C #2C9B57 #2C399B #9B2C71

split-complementary

#9B8E2C #2C719B #572C9B

monochromatic

#3C3711 #6B621E #9B8E2C #C8B73C #D5C96C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9B8E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9B8E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8E2C

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8E2C	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)

#9B8A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 142, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.117 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae6c',
    500: '#9b8e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8e2c;
$custom-light: #bcae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.973,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64002,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8E2C

secondary

#6771BC

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8E2C

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

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