#9D8B2B#9D8B2B

#9D8B2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.115 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8B2B
RGB	rgb(157, 139, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 72.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, -4.19, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 51.30, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0166 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.115 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5744, 25.8089, 6.0249)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8B2B #2B3D9D

analogous

#9D522B #9D8B2B #769D2B

triadic

#9D8B2B #2B9D8B #8B2B9D

tetradic

#9D8B2B #2B9D52 #2B3D9D #9D2B76

square

#9D8B2B #2B9D52 #2B3D9D #9D2B76

split-complementary

#9D8B2B #2B769D #522B9D

monochromatic

#3D3611 #6D601E #9D8B2B #CAB33C #D7C66C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9D8B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9D8B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8B2B

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8B2B	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)

#99871C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 139, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.115 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdac6b',
    500: '#9d8b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8b2b;
$custom-light: #bdac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63528,
    "c": 0.11477,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8B2B

secondary

#6674BD

accent

#60E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8B2B

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

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