#9A8A28#9A8A28

#9A8A28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.116 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8A28
RGB	rgb(154, 138, 40)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 74%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, -5.16, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 51.90, 95.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% -0.0195 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.116 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7990, 25.2013, 5.6705)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8A28 #28389A

analogous

#9A5128 #9A8A28 #719A28

triadic

#9A8A28 #289A8A #8A289A

tetradic

#9A8A28 #289A51 #28389A #9A2871

square

#9A8A28 #289A51 #28389A #9A2871

split-complementary

#9A8A28 #28719A #51289A

monochromatic

#39330F #695E1B #9A8A28 #CAB535 #D7C765

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#9A8A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#9A8A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8A28

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8A28	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)

#988617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 138, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.116 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab69',
    500: '#9a8a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8a28;
$custom-light: #bbab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.579,
    "s": 58.763,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6299,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8A28

secondary

#616EBD

accent

#5CE246

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8A28

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

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