#9D8B2A#9D8B2A

#9D8B2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.115 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8B2A
RGB	rgb(157, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 73.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -4.24, 51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 51.69, 94.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0169 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.115 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5563, 25.8017, 5.9295)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8B2A #2A3C9D

analogous

#9D522A #9D8B2A #769D2A

triadic

#9D8B2A #2A9D8B #8B2A9D

tetradic

#9D8B2A #2A9D52 #2A3C9D #9D2A76

square

#9D8B2A #2A9D52 #2A3C9D #9D2A76

split-complementary

#9D8B2A #2A769D #522A9D

monochromatic

#3C3610 #6D601D #9D8B2A #CAB43A #D7C66A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9D8B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9D8B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8B2A

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8B2A	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)

#99871A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.115 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdac6a',
    500: '#9d8b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8b2a;
$custom-light: #bdac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.609,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6352,
    "c": 0.11544,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8B2A

secondary

#6573BE

accent

#5FE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8B2A

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

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