#9D8A2D#9D8A2D

#9D8A2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.113 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A2D
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 45)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 71.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, -3.54, 50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 50.17, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.0145 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.113 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4679, 25.5357, 6.1749)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A2D #2D409D

analogous

#9D522D #9D8A2D #789D2D

triadic

#9D8A2D #2D9D8A #8A2D9D

tetradic

#9D8A2D #2D9D52 #2D409D #9D2D78

square

#9D8A2D #2D9D52 #2D409D #9D2D78

split-complementary

#9D8A2D #2D789D #522D9D

monochromatic

#3E3612 #6D601F #9D8A2D #C8B13F #D6C46F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9D8A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#9D8A2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A2D

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A2D	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98871F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.113 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab6c',
    500: '#9d8a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a2d;
$custom-light: #bdab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.821,
    "s": 55.446,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63325,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A2D

secondary

#6977BD

accent

#62DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A2D

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

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