#9D8A3D#9D8A3D

#9D8A3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.100 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A3D
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 61.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, -2.51, 42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 43.03, 93.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.0096 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.1 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8364, 25.6831, 8.1158)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A3D #3D509D

analogous

#9D5A3D #9D8A3D #809D3D

triadic

#9D8A3D #3D9D8A #8A3D9D

tetradic

#9D8A3D #3D9D5A #3D509D #9D3D80

square

#9D8A3D #3D9D5A #3D509D #9D3D80

split-complementary

#9D8A3D #3D809D #5A3D9D

monochromatic

#453D1B #71632C #9D8A3D #BEAA59 #D0C185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9D8A3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9D8A3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A3D

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A3D	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.100 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab75',
    500: '#9d8a3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a3d;
$custom-light: #bcab75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.125,
    "s": 44.037,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63482,
    "c": 0.09966,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A3D

secondary

#7C88BA

accent

#6DD454

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A3D

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

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