#9D8A28#9D8A28

#9D8A28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.116 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A28
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 40)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 74.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, -3.79, 52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 52.16, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0158 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.116 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3773, 25.4994, 5.6976)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A28 #283B9D

analogous

#9D4F28 #9D8A28 #759D28

triadic

#9D8A28 #289D8A #8A289D

tetradic

#9D8A28 #289D4F #283B9D #9D2875

square

#9D8A28 #289D4F #283B9D #9D2875

split-complementary

#9D8A28 #28759D #4F289D

monochromatic

#3B340F #6C5F1C #9D8A28 #CCB436 #D8C667

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9D8A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#9D8A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A28

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A28	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)

#988717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.116 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab69',
    500: '#9d8a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a28;
$custom-light: #bdab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.256,
    "s": 59.391,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63286,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A28

secondary

#6271BE

accent

#5FE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A28

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

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