#9D8A3C#9D8A3C

#9D8A3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.101 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A3C
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 60)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 61.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, -2.59, 43.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 43.51, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.01 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.101 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8097, 25.6724, 7.9752)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A3C #3C4F9D

analogous

#9D593C #9D8A3C #809D3C

triadic

#9D8A3C #3C9D8A #8A3C9D

tetradic

#9D8A3C #3C9D59 #3C4F9D #9D3C80

square

#9D8A3C #3C9D59 #3C4F9D #9D3C80

split-complementary

#9D8A3C #3C809D #593C9D

monochromatic

#443C1A #71632B #9D8A3C #BFAB57 #D0C184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9D8A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9D8A3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A3C

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A3C	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	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)

#978734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.101 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab75',
    500: '#9d8a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a3c;
$custom-light: #bdab75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.247,
    "s": 44.7,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63471,
    "c": 0.10055,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A3C

secondary

#7B87BA

accent

#6DD453

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A3C

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

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