#9D8A44#9D8A44

#9D8A44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.093 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A44
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 40%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 56.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -1.96, 39.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 39.63, 92.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0072 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.093 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0374, 25.7635, 9.1744)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A44 #44579D

analogous

#9D5E44 #9D8A44 #849D44

triadic

#9D8A44 #449D8A #8A449D

tetradic

#9D8A44 #449D5E #44579D #9D4484

square

#9D8A44 #449D5E #44579D #9D4484

split-complementary

#9D8A44 #44849D #5E449D

monochromatic

#483F1F #726432 #9D8A44 #BBA863 #CEC08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9D8A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9D8A44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A44

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A44	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#96873D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.093 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab7a',
    500: '#9d8a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a44;
$custom-light: #bcab7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.191,
    "s": 39.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63568,
    "c": 0.09306,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A44

secondary

#848FB9

accent

#72CF58

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A44

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

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