#9B985C#9B985C

#9B985C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.081 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B985C
RGB	rgb(155, 152, 92)
HSL	hsl(57, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 41%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 40.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.83, -8.08, 31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.83, 32.95, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.0222 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.081 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6780, 30.1984, 14.5467)
Luminance	0.3020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B985C #5C5F9B

analogous

#9B785C #9B985C #7E9B5C

triadic

#9B985C #5C9B98 #985C9B

tetradic

#9B985C #5C9B78 #5C5F9B #9B5C7E

square

#9B985C #5C9B78 #5C5F9B #9B5C7E

split-complementary

#9B985C #5C7E9B #785C9B

monochromatic

#4E4D2E #757245 #9B985C #B4B180 #CBC9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9B985C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#9B985C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B985C

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B985C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B985C	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)

#A19457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3975F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b985c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 152, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.081 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b68b',
    500: '#9b985c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b985c;
$custom-light: #b9b68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b985c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 25.506,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66808,
    "c": 0.08087,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B985C

secondary

#9A9CB9

accent

#6AC266

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B985C

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

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