#9D8A3F#9D8A3F

#9D8A3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.098 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A3F
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 63)
HSL	hsl(48, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 59.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, -2.36, 42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 42.08, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0089 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.098 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8913, 25.7051, 8.4048)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A3F #3F529D

analogous

#9D5B3F #9D8A3F #819D3F

triadic

#9D8A3F #3F9D8A #8A3F9D

tetradic

#9D8A3F #3F9D5B #3F529D #9D3F81

square

#9D8A3F #3F9D5B #3F529D #9D3F81

split-complementary

#9D8A3F #3F819D #5B3F9D

monochromatic

#463D1C #71642D #9D8A3F #BDAA5C #CFC187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9D8A3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9D8A3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A3F

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A3F	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)

#978737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.098 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab77',
    500: '#9d8a3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a3f;
$custom-light: #bcab77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.872,
    "s": 42.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63506,
    "c": 0.09783,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A3F

secondary

#7E8ABA

accent

#6FD355

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A3F

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

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