#9A8A40#9A8A40

#9A8A40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.096 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8A40
RGB	rgb(154, 138, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 58.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, -3.62, 41.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 41.28, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.0122 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.096 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3412, 25.4182, 8.5262)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8A40 #40509A

analogous

#9A5D40 #9A8A40 #7D9A40

triadic

#9A8A40 #409A8A #8A409A

tetradic

#9A8A40 #409A5D #40509A #9A407D

square

#9A8A40 #409A5D #40509A #9A407D

split-complementary

#9A8A40 #407D9A #5D409A

monochromatic

#443D1C #6F632E #9A8A40 #BBAA5C #CDC187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9A8A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#9A8A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8A40

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8A40	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 138, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.096 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baab77',
    500: '#9a8a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8a40;
$custom-light: #baab77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 41.284,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63224,
    "c": 0.09649,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8A40

secondary

#7E88B8

accent

#6CD157

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8A40

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

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