#9A9237#9A9237

#9A9237 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.112 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A9237
RGB	rgb(154, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 64.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -8.63, 47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 48.51, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% -0.0277 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.112 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2958, 27.7045, 7.6814)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A9237 #373F9A

analogous

#9A6037 #9A9237 #709A37

triadic

#9A9237 #379A92 #92379A

tetradic

#9A9237 #379A60 #373F9A #9A3770

square

#9A9237 #379A60 #373F9A #9A3770

split-complementary

#9A9237 #37709A #60379A

monochromatic

#403C17 #6D6727 #9A9237 #C0B74E #D0C97B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#9A9237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#9A9237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A9237

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A9237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A9237	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a9237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.112 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab172',
    500: '#9a9237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a9237;
$custom-light: #bab172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a9237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.152,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64894,
    "c": 0.11205,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A9237

secondary

#7479B9

accent

#5CD751

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F5ED

border

#D0CFC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A9237

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

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