#9A9155#9A9155

#9A9155 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.081 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A9155
RGB	rgb(154, 145, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 44.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, -5.49, 32.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 33.40, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% -0.0153 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.081 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0921, 27.7775, 12.6324)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A9155 #555E9A

analogous

#9A6F55 #9A9155 #819A55

triadic

#9A9155 #559A91 #91559A

tetradic

#9A9155 #559A6F #555E9A #9A5581

square

#9A9155 #559A6F #555E9A #9A5581

split-complementary

#9A9155 #55819A #6F559A

monochromatic

#4B4729 #736C3F #9A9155 #B4AC78 #CAC59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#9A9155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#9A9155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A9155

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A9155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A9155	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a9155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 145, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.081 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b186',
    500: '#9a9155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a9155;
$custom-light: #b9b186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a9155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 28.87,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65058,
    "c": 0.08111,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A9155

secondary

#9398B8

accent

#6FC563

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A9155

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

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