#9D8A35#9D8A35

#9D8A35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.107 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A35
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 66.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, -3.07, 46.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 46.73, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.0122 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.107 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6368, 25.6033, 7.0644)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A35 #35489D

analogous

#9D5635 #9D8A35 #7C9D35

triadic

#9D8A35 #359D8A #8A359D

tetradic

#9D8A35 #359D56 #35489D #9D357C

square

#9D8A35 #359D56 #35489D #9D357C

split-complementary

#9D8A35 #357C9D #56359D

monochromatic

#413A16 #6F6226 #9D8A35 #C3AD4C #D2C27A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9D8A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#9D8A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A35

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A35	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.107 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab70',
    500: '#9d8a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a35;
$custom-light: #bdab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.038,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63397,
    "c": 0.10652,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A35

secondary

#7380BB

accent

#68D94F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A35

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

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