#9D8A2E#9D8A2E

#9D8A2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.112 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A2E
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 70.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, -3.48, 49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 49.76, 94.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.0142 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.112 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.4874, 25.5435, 6.2775)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A2E #2E419D

analogous

#9D532E #9D8A2E #789D2E

triadic

#9D8A2E #2E9D8A #8A2E9D

tetradic

#9D8A2E #2E9D53 #2E419D #9D2E78

square

#9D8A2E #2E9D53 #2E419D #9D2E78

split-complementary

#9D8A2E #2E789D #532E9D

monochromatic

#3E3712 #6E6020 #9D8A2E #C7B041 #D5C470

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9D8A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#9D8A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A2E

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A2E	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)

#988721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.112 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab6c',
    500: '#9d8a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a2e;
$custom-light: #bdab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.73,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63333,
    "c": 0.11188,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A2E

secondary

#6A78BD

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A2E

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

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