#9A8928#9A8928

#9A8928 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.115 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8928
RGB	rgb(154, 137, 40)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 74%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, -4.61, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 51.58, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0179 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.115 99)
XYZ	xyz(22.6562, 24.9157, 5.6229)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8928 #28399A

analogous

#9A5028 #9A8928 #729A28

triadic

#9A8928 #289A89 #89289A

tetradic

#9A8928 #289A50 #28399A #9A2872

square

#9A8928 #289A50 #28399A #9A2872

split-complementary

#9A8928 #28729A #50289A

monochromatic

#39330F #695E1B #9A8928 #CAB435 #D7C665

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#9A8928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#9A8928 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8928

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8928	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 137, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.115 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab69',
    500: '#9a8928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8928;
$custom-light: #bbab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.053,
    "s": 58.763,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6277,
    "c": 0.11503,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.24915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8928

secondary

#616FBD

accent

#5DE246

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8928

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

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