#9B8E2D#9B8E2D

#9B8E2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.116 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8E2D
RGB	rgb(155, 142, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 71%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -6.63, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 51.33, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0232 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.116 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6653, 26.5051, 6.3516)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8E2D #2D3A9B

analogous

#9B572D #9B8E2D #719B2D

triadic

#9B8E2D #2D9B8E #8E2D9B

tetradic

#9B8E2D #2D9B57 #2D3A9B #9B2D71

square

#9B8E2D #2D9B57 #2D3A9B #9B2D71

split-complementary

#9B8E2D #2D719B #572D9B

monochromatic

#3C3711 #6C631F #9B8E2D #C7B73E #D5C96E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9B8E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9B8E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8E2D

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8E2D	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)

#9B8A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 142, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.116 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae6c',
    500: '#9b8e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8e2d;
$custom-light: #bcae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.909,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6401,
    "c": 0.11588,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8E2D

secondary

#6872BC

accent

#5BDE49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8E2D

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

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