#9B9155#9B9155

#9B9155 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.081 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9155
RGB	rgb(155, 145, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 45.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, -5.06, 33.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 33.47, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% -0.0141 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.081 100)
XYZ	xyz(25.2833, 27.8760, 12.6414)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9155 #555F9B

analogous

#9B6E55 #9B9155 #829B55

triadic

#9B9155 #559B91 #91559B

tetradic

#9B9155 #559B6E #555F9B #9B5582

square

#9B9155 #559B6E #555F9B #9B5582

split-complementary

#9B9155 #55829B #6E559B

monochromatic

#4C472A #736C3F #9B9155 #B5AC78 #CBC5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#9B9155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#9B9155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9155

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9155	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A48982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 145, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.081 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab186',
    500: '#9b9155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9155;
$custom-light: #bab186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6515,
    "c": 0.08117,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.27875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9155

secondary

#9499B8

accent

#71C562

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9155

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

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