#9A8A27#9A8A27

#9A8A27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.116 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8A27
RGB	rgb(154, 138, 39)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 74.7%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, -5.20, 52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 52.28, 95.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% -0.0197 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.116 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7822, 25.1946, 5.5821)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8A27 #27379A

analogous

#9A5027 #9A8A27 #709A27

triadic

#9A8A27 #279A8A #8A279A

tetradic

#9A8A27 #279A50 #27379A #9A2770

square

#9A8A27 #279A50 #27379A #9A2770

split-complementary

#9A8A27 #27709A #50279A

monochromatic

#38320E #695E1B #9A8A27 #CBB633 #D8C864

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#9A8A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#9A8A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8A27

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8A27	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 138, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.116 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab68',
    500: '#9a8a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8a27;
$custom-light: #bbab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.652,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62983,
    "c": 0.11649,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8A27

secondary

#5F6DBD

accent

#5BE345

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8A27

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

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