#9D8A2F#9D8A2F

#9D8A2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.111 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A2F
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 47)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 70.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, -3.43, 49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 49.34, 93.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.014 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.111 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5073, 25.5515, 6.3825)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A2F #2F429D

analogous

#9D532F #9D8A2F #799D2F

triadic

#9D8A2F #2F9D8A #8A2F9D

tetradic

#9D8A2F #2F9D53 #2F429D #9D2F79

square

#9D8A2F #2F9D53 #2F429D #9D2F79

split-complementary

#9D8A2F #2F799D #532F9D

monochromatic

#3F3713 #6E6121 #9D8A2F #C7B043 #D5C472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9D8A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#9D8A2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A2F

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A2F	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)

#988722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.111 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab6d',
    500: '#9d8a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a2f;
$custom-light: #bdab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.636,
    "s": 53.922,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63342,
    "c": 0.11115,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A2F

secondary

#6B79BC

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A2F

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

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