#9A8A32#9A8A32

#9A8A32 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.109 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8A32
RGB	rgb(154, 138, 50)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 67.5%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, -4.60, 47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 47.78, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.0168 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.109 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9916, 25.2783, 6.6851)
Luminance	0.2528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8A32 #32429A

analogous

#9A5632 #9A8A32 #769A32

triadic

#9A8A32 #329A8A #8A329A

tetradic

#9A8A32 #329A56 #32429A #9A3276

square

#9A8A32 #329A56 #32429A #9A3276

split-complementary

#9A8A32 #32769A #56329A

monochromatic

#3E3714 #6C6123 #9A8A32 #C3B046 #D2C474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9A8A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#9A8A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8A32

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8A32	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 138, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.109 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab6f',
    500: '#9a8a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8a32;
$custom-light: #bbab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63073,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8A32

secondary

#6E79BA

accent

#63DA4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8A32

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

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