#9D8A36#9D8A36

#9D8A36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.106 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A36
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 65.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, -3.00, 46.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 46.28, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0119 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.106 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6600, 25.6125, 7.1868)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A36 #36499D

analogous

#9D5736 #9D8A36 #7D9D36

triadic

#9D8A36 #369D8A #8A369D

tetradic

#9D8A36 #369D57 #36499D #9D367D

square

#9D8A36 #369D57 #36499D #9D367D

split-complementary

#9D8A36 #367D9D #57369D

monochromatic

#423A17 #6F6226 #9D8A36 #C2AD4E #D2C27C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9D8A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#9D8A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A36

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A36	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)

#97872C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.106 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab71',
    500: '#9d8a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a36;
$custom-light: #bdab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.932,
    "s": 48.815,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63407,
    "c": 0.10571,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A36

secondary

#7481BB

accent

#69D84F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A36

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

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