#9A8A29#9A8A29

#9A8A29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.115 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8A29
RGB	rgb(154, 138, 41)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 73.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.28, -5.11, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.28, 51.51, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63% -0.0193 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.115 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8162, 25.2082, 5.7612)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8A29 #29399A

analogous

#9A5129 #9A8A29 #729A29

triadic

#9A8A29 #299A8A #8A299A

tetradic

#9A8A29 #299A51 #29399A #9A2972

square

#9A8A29 #299A51 #29399A #9A2972

split-complementary

#9A8A29 #29729A #51299A

monochromatic

#39330F #6A5F1C #9A8A29 #CAB537 #D7C767

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#9A8A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#9A8A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8A29

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8A29	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)

#988619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 138, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.115 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab6a',
    500: '#9a8a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8a29;
$custom-light: #bbab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.504,
    "s": 57.949,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62998,
    "c": 0.11519,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8A29

secondary

#626FBD

accent

#5DE147

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8A29

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

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