#9D8B2C#9D8B2C

#9D8B2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.114 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8B2C
RGB	rgb(157, 139, 44)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 72%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, -4.14, 50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 50.89, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.0163 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.114 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5930, 25.8163, 6.1227)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8B2C #2C3E9D

analogous

#9D522C #9D8B2C #779D2C

triadic

#9D8B2C #2C9D8B #8B2C9D

tetradic

#9D8B2C #2C9D52 #2C3E9D #9D2C77

square

#9D8B2C #2C9D52 #2C3E9D #9D2C77

split-complementary

#9D8B2C #2C779D #522C9D

monochromatic

#3D3611 #6D611F #9D8B2C #C9B33D #D6C56D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9D8B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9D8B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8B2C

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8B2C	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)

#99871E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 139, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.114 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdac6b',
    500: '#9d8b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8b2c;
$custom-light: #bdac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.442,
    "s": 56.219,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63536,
    "c": 0.11408,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8B2C

secondary

#6875BD

accent

#60E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8B2C

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

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