#9B9265#9B9265

#9B9265 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.063 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9265
RGB	rgb(155, 146, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 21%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 35%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 34.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, -3.73, 25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 25.37, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% -0.009 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.063 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1458, 28.4666, 16.4267)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9265 #656E9B

analogous

#9B7765 #9B9265 #899B65

triadic

#9B9265 #659B92 #92659B

tetradic

#9B9265 #659B77 #656E9B #9B6589

square

#9B9265 #659B77 #656E9B #9B6589

split-complementary

#9B9265 #65899B #77659B

monochromatic

#514C35 #766F4D #9B9265 #B3AC8A #CBC7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#9B9265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#9B9265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9265

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9265	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8F62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 146, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.063 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b191',
    500: '#9b9265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9265;
$custom-light: #b9b191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 21.26,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65654,
    "c": 0.06301,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9265

secondary

#A2A6BA

accent

#78BE6A

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F5F0

border

#D0CFCB

text

#11100D

muted

#807F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9265

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

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