#9D8A39#9D8A39

#9D8A39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.103 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A39
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 63.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, -2.80, 44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 44.91, 93.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0109 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.103 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7327, 25.6416, 7.5693)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A39 #394C9D

analogous

#9D5839 #9D8A39 #7E9D39

triadic

#9D8A39 #399D8A #8A399D

tetradic

#9D8A39 #399D58 #394C9D #9D397E

square

#9D8A39 #399D58 #394C9D #9D397E

split-complementary

#9D8A39 #397E9D #58399D

monochromatic

#433B18 #706329 #9D8A39 #C0AC53 #D1C180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9D8A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9D8A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A39

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A39	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.103 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab73',
    500: '#9d8a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a39;
$custom-light: #bdab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.6,
    "s": 46.729,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63438,
    "c": 0.10319,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A39

secondary

#7884BA

accent

#6BD651

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A39

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

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