#9A8A37#9A8A37

#9A8A37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.105 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8A37
RGB	rgb(154, 138, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 64.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.39, -4.28, 45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.39, 45.54, 95.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.0152 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.105 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1055, 25.3239, 7.2846)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8A37 #37479A

analogous

#9A5837 #9A8A37 #789A37

triadic

#9A8A37 #379A8A #8A379A

tetradic

#9A8A37 #379A58 #37479A #9A3778

square

#9A8A37 #379A58 #37479A #9A3778

split-complementary

#9A8A37 #37789A #58379A

monochromatic

#403917 #6D6227 #9A8A37 #C0AE4E #D0C27B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9A8A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#9A8A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8A37

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8A37	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)

#97872D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 138, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.105 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baab72',
    500: '#9a8a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8a37;
$custom-light: #baab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.303,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63122,
    "c": 0.10461,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8A37

secondary

#747FB9

accent

#67D751

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8A37

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

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