#9B994B#9B994B

#9B994B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.101 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B994B
RGB	rgb(155, 153, 75)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 51.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, -10.36, 40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 42.09, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% -0.0304 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.101 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1794, 30.2597, 11.1169)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B994B #4B4D9B

analogous

#9B714B #9B994B #759B4B

triadic

#9B994B #4B9B99 #994B9B

tetradic

#9B994B #4B9B71 #4B4D9B #9B4B75

square

#9B994B #4B9B71 #4B4D9B #9B4B75

split-complementary

#9B994B #4B759B #714B9B

monochromatic

#494823 #727037 #9B994B #B8B66C #CCCA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9B994B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#9B994B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B994B

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B994B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B994B	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5974F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b994b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 153, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.101 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab67f',
    500: '#9b994b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b994b;
$custom-light: #bab67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b994b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 34.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66776,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B994B

secondary

#8A8BB8

accent

#60CB5D

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#12110A

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B994B

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

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