#9D8A3A#9D8A3A

#9D8A3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.102 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A3A
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 63.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, -2.73, 44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 44.45, 93.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0106 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.102 96)
XYZ	xyz(23.7579, 25.6517, 7.7020)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A3A #3A4D9D

analogous

#9D593A #9D8A3A #7F9D3A

triadic

#9D8A3A #3A9D8A #8A3A9D

tetradic

#9D8A3A #3A9D59 #3A4D9D #9D3A7F

square

#9D8A3A #3A9D59 #3A4D9D #9D3A7F

split-complementary

#9D8A3A #3A7F9D #593A9D

monochromatic

#443B19 #706329 #9D8A3A #C0AB54 #D0C181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9D8A3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9D8A3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A3A

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A3A	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)

#978731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.102 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab74',
    500: '#9d8a3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a3a;
$custom-light: #bdab74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.485,
    "s": 46.047,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63449,
    "c": 0.10232,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.25651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A3A

secondary

#7985BA

accent

#6BD652

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A3A

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

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