#9D8A32#9D8A32

#9D8A32 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.109 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A32
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 50)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 68.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, -3.25, 47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 48.06, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0131 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.109 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5699, 25.5765, 6.7123)
Luminance	0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A32 #32459D

analogous

#9D5432 #9D8A32 #7A9D32

triadic

#9D8A32 #329D8A #8A329D

tetradic

#9D8A32 #329D54 #32459D #9D327A

square

#9D8A32 #329D54 #32459D #9D327A

split-complementary

#9D8A32 #327A9D #54329D

monochromatic

#403814 #6F6123 #9D8A32 #C5AE48 #D3C376

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9D8A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#9D8A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A32

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A32	1.00	3.43	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.43	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)

#988727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.109 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab6f',
    500: '#9d8a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a32;
$custom-light: #bdab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.346,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63369,
    "c": 0.1089,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A32

secondary

#6F7DBC

accent

#66DB4D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A32

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

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