#9D8A2A#9D8A2A

#9D8A2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.115 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A2A
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 73.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, -3.69, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 51.38, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.0153 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.115 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4122, 25.5134, 5.8814)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A2A #2A3D9D

analogous

#9D512A #9D8A2A #779D2A

triadic

#9D8A2A #2A9D8A #8A2A9D

tetradic

#9D8A2A #2A9D51 #2A3D9D #9D2A77

square

#9D8A2A #2A9D51 #2A3D9D #9D2A77

split-complementary

#9D8A2A #2A779D #512A9D

monochromatic

#3C3510 #6D601D #9D8A2A #CAB23A #D7C56A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9D8A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#9D8A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A2A

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A2A	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)

#98871B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.115 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab6a',
    500: '#9d8a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a2a;
$custom-light: #bdab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.087,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63301,
    "c": 0.11465,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A2A

secondary

#6574BE

accent

#60E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A2A

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

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