#9D8A4E#9D8A4E

#9D8A4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.083 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A4E
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 50.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, -1.06, 34.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 34.57, 91.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% -0.0034 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.083 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3691, 25.8962, 10.9211)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A4E #4E619D

analogous

#9D624E #9D8A4E #889D4E

triadic

#9D8A4E #4E9D8A #8A4E9D

tetradic

#9D8A4E #4E9D62 #4E619D #9D4E88

square

#9D8A4E #4E9D62 #4E619D #9D4E88

split-complementary

#9D8A4E #4E889D #624E9D

monochromatic

#4B4225 #74663A #9D8A4E #B8A770 #CCC099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9D8A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#9D8A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A4E

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A4E	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.083 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac81',
    500: '#9d8a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a4e;
$custom-light: #bcac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.57,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63709,
    "c": 0.08277,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A4E

secondary

#8E98B9

accent

#78CA5E

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A4E

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

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