#9D8A3E#9D8A3E

#9D8A3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.099 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A3E
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 60.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -2.44, 42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 42.56, 93.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0093 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.099 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8636, 25.6940, 8.2589)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A3E #3E519D

analogous

#9D5A3E #9D8A3E #809D3E

triadic

#9D8A3E #3E9D8A #8A3E9D

tetradic

#9D8A3E #3E9D5A #3E519D #9D3E80

square

#9D8A3E #3E9D5A #3E519D #9D3E80

split-complementary

#9D8A3E #3E809D #5A3E9D

monochromatic

#453D1B #71632D #9D8A3E #BEAA5A #CFC186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9D8A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9D8A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A3E

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A3E	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)

#978736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.099 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab76',
    500: '#9d8a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a3e;
$custom-light: #bcab76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 43.379,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63494,
    "c": 0.09875,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A3E

secondary

#7D89BA

accent

#6ED355

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A3E

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

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