#9A9559#9A9559

#9A9559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.081 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A9559
RGB	rgb(154, 149, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 42%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 42.2%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, -7.22, 32.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 33.09, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% -0.0199 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.081 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8775, 29.0869, 13.7004)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A9559 #595E9A

analogous

#9A7559 #9A9559 #7E9A59

triadic

#9A9559 #599A95 #95599A

tetradic

#9A9559 #599A75 #595E9A #9A597E

square

#9A9559 #599A75 #595E9A #9A597E

split-complementary

#9A9559 #597E9A #75599A

monochromatic

#4C4A2C #736F43 #9A9559 #B4AF7D #CAC7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#9A9559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#9A9559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A9559

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A9559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A9559	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1945C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a9559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 149, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.081 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b489',
    500: '#9a9559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a9559;
$custom-light: #b9b489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a9559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 26.749,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66005,
    "c": 0.08091,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A9559

secondary

#979AB8

accent

#6CC365

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110B

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A9559

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

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