#9D8A48#9D8A48

#9D8A48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.089 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A48
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 54.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, -1.62, 37.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 37.63, 92.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% -0.0057 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.089 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1637, 25.8140, 9.8394)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A48 #485B9D

analogous

#9D5F48 #9D8A48 #869D48

triadic

#9D8A48 #489D8A #8A489D

tetradic

#9D8A48 #489D5F #485B9D #9D4886

square

#9D8A48 #489D5F #485B9D #9D4886

split-complementary

#9D8A48 #48869D #5F489D

monochromatic

#494022 #736535 #9D8A48 #BAA868 #CDC092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9D8A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9D8A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A48

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A48	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.089 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab7d',
    500: '#9d8a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a48;
$custom-light: #bcab7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.588,
    "s": 37.118,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63622,
    "c": 0.08905,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A48

secondary

#8893B9

accent

#74CD5B

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A48

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

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