#9B985A#9B985A

#9B985A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.083 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B985A
RGB	rgb(155, 152, 90)
HSL	hsl(57, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 42%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 41.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, -8.31, 32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 33.99, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% -0.023 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.083 106)
XYZ	xyz(26.5917, 30.1639, 14.0923)
Luminance	0.3016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B985A #5A5D9B

analogous

#9B775A #9B985A #7D9B5A

triadic

#9B985A #5A9B98 #985A9B

tetradic

#9B985A #5A9B77 #5A5D9B #9B5A7D

square

#9B985A #5A9B77 #5A5D9B #9B5A7D

split-complementary

#9B985A #5A7D9B #775A9B

monochromatic

#4E4C2D #747244 #9B985A #B4B27E #CBC9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#9B985A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#9B985A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B985A

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B985A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B985A	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3975D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b985a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 152, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.083 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab68a',
    500: '#9b985a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b985a;
$custom-light: #bab68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b985a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 26.531,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66775,
    "c": 0.08322,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.30163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B985A

secondary

#989AB8

accent

#69C365

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B985A

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

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