#9B985B#9B985B

#9B985B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.082 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B985B
RGB	rgb(155, 152, 91)
HSL	hsl(57, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 41%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 41.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, -8.19, 32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 33.47, 104.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% -0.0226 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.082 106)
XYZ	xyz(26.6346, 30.1810, 14.3180)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B985B #5B5E9B

analogous

#9B785B #9B985B #7E9B5B

triadic

#9B985B #5B9B98 #985B9B

tetradic

#9B985B #5B9B78 #5B5E9B #9B5B7E

square

#9B985B #5B9B78 #5B5E9B #9B5B7E

split-complementary

#9B985B #5B7E9B #785B9B

monochromatic

#4E4C2E #747244 #9B985B #B4B27F #CBC9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9B985B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#9B985B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B985B

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B985B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B985B	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3975E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b985b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 152, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.082 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b68a',
    500: '#9b985b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b985b;
$custom-light: #b9b68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b985b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 26.016,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66791,
    "c": 0.08205,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.3018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B985B

secondary

#999BB9

accent

#6AC265

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B985B

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

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