#9B915A#9B915A

#9B915A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.075 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B915A
RGB	rgb(155, 145, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 42%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 41.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, -4.51, 30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 30.83, 98.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% -0.012 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.075 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4890, 27.9583, 13.7247)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B915A #5A649B

analogous

#9B705A #9B915A #849B5A

triadic

#9B915A #5A9B91 #915A9B

tetradic

#9B915A #5A9B70 #5A649B #9B5A84

square

#9B915A #5A9B70 #5A649B #9B5A84

split-complementary

#9B915A #5A849B #705A9B

monochromatic

#4E492D #746D44 #9B915A #B4AC7E #CBC5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#9B915A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#9B915A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B915A

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B915A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B915A	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8E56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E925C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A48A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b915a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 145, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.075 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab189',
    500: '#9b915a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b915a;
$custom-light: #bab189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b915a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 26.531,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65233,
    "c": 0.07536,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B915A

secondary

#989DB8

accent

#73C365

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B915A

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

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