#9B9855#9B9855

#9B9855 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.089 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9855
RGB	rgb(155, 152, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 45.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, -8.85, 35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 36.59, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% -0.025 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.089 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3860, 30.0816, 13.0089)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9855 #55589B

analogous

#9B7555 #9B9855 #7B9B55

triadic

#9B9855 #559B98 #98559B

tetradic

#9B9855 #559B75 #55589B #9B557B

square

#9B9855 #559B75 #55589B #9B557B

split-complementary

#9B9855 #557B9B #75559B

monochromatic

#4C4A2A #73713F #9B9855 #B5B278 #CBC9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#9B9855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#9B9855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9855

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9855	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2934F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 152, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.089 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab686',
    500: '#9b9855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9855;
$custom-light: #bab686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.429,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66696,
    "c": 0.08894,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9855

secondary

#9495B8

accent

#67C562

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12110B

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9855

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

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