#9D8A42#9D8A42

#9D8A42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.095 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A42
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 58%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -2.13, 40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 40.62, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.0079 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.095 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9774, 25.7395, 8.8584)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A42 #42559D

analogous

#9D5C42 #9D8A42 #829D42

triadic

#9D8A42 #429D8A #8A429D

tetradic

#9D8A42 #429D5C #42559D #9D4282

square

#9D8A42 #429D5C #42559D #9D4282

split-complementary

#9D8A42 #42829D #5C429D

monochromatic

#473E1E #726430 #9D8A42 #BCA960 #CEC08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9D8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9D8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A42

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A42	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97873B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.095 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab79',
    500: '#9d8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a42;
$custom-light: #bcab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.473,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63542,
    "c": 0.095,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A42

secondary

#828DB9

accent

#71D157

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A42

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

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