#9D8A26#9D8A26

#9D8A26 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.117 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A26
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 38)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 75.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, -3.89, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 52.91, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0163 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.117 98)
XYZ	xyz(23.3441, 25.4862, 5.5231)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A26 #26399D

analogous

#9D4E26 #9D8A26 #749D26

triadic

#9D8A26 #269D8A #8A269D

tetradic

#9D8A26 #269D4E #26399D #9D2674

square

#9D8A26 #269D4E #26399D #9D2674

split-complementary

#9D8A26 #26749D #4E269D

monochromatic

#3A330E #6C5F1A #9D8A26 #CEB533 #D9C764

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9D8A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#9D8A26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A26

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A26	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.117 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab68',
    500: '#9d8a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a26;
$custom-light: #beab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.42,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63272,
    "c": 0.1172,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.25485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A26

secondary

#606FBF

accent

#5DE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A26

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

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