#9D8A30#9D8A30

#9D8A30 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.110 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A30
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 48)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 69.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, -3.37, 48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 48.92, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0137 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.11 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5277, 25.5596, 6.4900)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A30 #30439D

analogous

#9D5330 #9D8A30 #7A9D30

triadic

#9D8A30 #309D8A #8A309D

tetradic

#9D8A30 #309D53 #30439D #9D307A

square

#9D8A30 #309D53 #30439D #9D307A

split-complementary

#9D8A30 #307A9D #53309D

monochromatic

#3F3813 #6E6122 #9D8A30 #C6AF44 #D4C373

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9D8A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#9D8A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A30

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A30	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)

#988724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.110 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab6d',
    500: '#9d8a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a30;
$custom-light: #bdab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.541,
    "s": 53.171,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63351,
    "c": 0.11041,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A30

secondary

#6D7BBC

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A30

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

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