#9B8E2E#9B8E2E

#9B8E2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.115 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8E2E
RGB	rgb(155, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 70.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -6.57, 50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 50.93, 97.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.0229 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.115 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6847, 26.5128, 6.4542)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8E2E #2E3B9B

analogous

#9B582E #9B8E2E #729B2E

triadic

#9B8E2E #2E9B8E #8E2E9B

tetradic

#9B8E2E #2E9B58 #2E3B9B #9B2E72

square

#9B8E2E #2E9B58 #2E3B9B #9B2E72

split-complementary

#9B8E2E #2E729B #582E9B

monochromatic

#3D3812 #6C6320 #9B8E2E #C6B640 #D4C86F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9B8E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9B8E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8E2E

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8E2E	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)

#9B8A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.115 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae6d',
    500: '#9b8e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8e2e;
$custom-light: #bcae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.844,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64018,
    "c": 0.11517,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8E2E

secondary

#6973BC

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8E2E

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

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