#9D8A40#9D8A40

#9D8A40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.097 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A40
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 59.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -2.28, 41.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 41.59, 93.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0086 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.097 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9195, 25.7163, 8.5533)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A40 #40539D

analogous

#9D5B40 #9D8A40 #819D40

triadic

#9D8A40 #409D8A #8A409D

tetradic

#9D8A40 #409D5B #40539D #9D4081

square

#9D8A40 #409D5B #40539D #9D4081

split-complementary

#9D8A40 #40819D #5B409D

monochromatic

#463E1D #72642E #9D8A40 #BDA95D #CFC089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9D8A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9D8A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A40

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A40	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)

#978739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.097 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab77',
    500: '#9d8a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a40;
$custom-light: #bcab77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.742,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63518,
    "c": 0.09689,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A40

secondary

#7F8BB9

accent

#6FD256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A40

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

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