#9B9548#9B9548

#9B9548 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.099 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9548
RGB	rgb(155, 149, 72)
HSL	hsl(56, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 53.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, -8.49, 40.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 41.80, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.0253 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.099 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4354, 28.9321, 10.3742)
Luminance	0.2893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9548 #484E9B

analogous

#9B6C48 #9B9548 #789B48

triadic

#9B9548 #489B95 #95489B

tetradic

#9B9548 #489B6C #484E9B #9B4878

square

#9B9548 #489B6C #484E9B #9B4878

split-complementary

#9B9548 #48789B #6C489B

monochromatic

#474521 #716D35 #9B9548 #B9B368 #CCC891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#9B9548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#9B9548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9548

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9548	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3944C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 149, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.099 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab47d',
    500: '#9b9548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9548;
$custom-light: #bab47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.663,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65846,
    "c": 0.09945,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9548

secondary

#878AB8

accent

#63CD5B

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#12110A

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9548

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

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