#9A8546#9A8546

#9A8546 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.086 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8546
RGB	rgb(154, 133, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 54.5%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, -0.34, 36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 36.55, 90.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.002 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.086 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8203, 24.0884, 9.2407)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8546 #465B9A

analogous

#9A5B46 #9A8546 #859A46

triadic

#9A8546 #469A85 #85469A

tetradic

#9A8546 #469A5B #465B9A #9A4685

square

#9A8546 #469A5B #465B9A #9A4685

split-complementary

#9A8546 #46859A #5B469A

monochromatic

#463C20 #706133 #9A8546 #B9A464 #CCBD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#9A8546 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#9A8546 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8546

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8546	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8546	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8546;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 133, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.086 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa87b',
    500: '#9a8546',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8546;
$custom-light: #baa87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8546",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62215,
    "c": 0.08646,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8546

secondary

#8491B7

accent

#77CD5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#120F09

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8546

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

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