#9A8A35#9A8A35

#9A8A35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.106 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8A35
RGB	rgb(154, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 65.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, -4.41, 46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 46.45, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.0159 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.106 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0585, 25.3051, 7.0373)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8A35 #35459A

analogous

#9A5735 #9A8A35 #779A35

triadic

#9A8A35 #359A8A #8A359A

tetradic

#9A8A35 #359A57 #35459A #9A3577

square

#9A8A35 #359A57 #35459A #9A3577

split-complementary

#9A8A35 #35779A #57359A

monochromatic

#3F3816 #6C6125 #9A8A35 #C1AE4B #D1C379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9A8A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#9A8A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8A35

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8A35	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	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)

#97872B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.106 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab70',
    500: '#9a8a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8a35;
$custom-light: #bbab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.495,
    "s": 48.792,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63102,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8A35

secondary

#717DB9

accent

#65D84F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8A35

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

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