#9A9157#9A9157

#9A9157 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.079 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A9157
RGB	rgb(154, 145, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 28%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 43.5%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, -5.27, 31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 32.35, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% -0.0145 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.079 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1727, 27.8097, 13.0568)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A9157 #57609A

analogous

#9A6F57 #9A9157 #829A57

triadic

#9A9157 #579A91 #91579A

tetradic

#9A9157 #579A6F #57609A #9A5782

square

#9A9157 #579A6F #57609A #9A5782

split-complementary

#9A9157 #57829A #6F579A

monochromatic

#4C472B #736C41 #9A9157 #B4AC7A #CAC5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#9A9157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#9A9157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A9157

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A9157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A9157	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)

#9B8E52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a9157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 145, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.079 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b187',
    500: '#9a9157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a9157;
$custom-light: #b9b187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a9157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 27.801,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6509,
    "c": 0.0788,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A9157

secondary

#959AB8

accent

#71C464

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A9157

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

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