#9D8A27#9D8A27

#9D8A27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.117 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A27
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 39)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 75.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, -3.84, 52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 52.54, 94.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.016 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.117 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3605, 25.4927, 5.6092)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A27 #273A9D

analogous

#9D4F27 #9D8A27 #759D27

triadic

#9D8A27 #279D8A #8A279D

tetradic

#9D8A27 #279D4F #273A9D #9D2775

square

#9D8A27 #279D4F #273A9D #9D2775

split-complementary

#9D8A27 #27759D #4F279D

monochromatic

#3B340F #6C5F1B #9D8A27 #CDB435 #D9C666

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9D8A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#9D8A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A27

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A27	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)

#988716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.117 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab69',
    500: '#9d8a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a27;
$custom-light: #beab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.339,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63279,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A27

secondary

#6170BF

accent

#5EE344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A27

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

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