#9D8B2D#9D8B2D

#9D8B2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.113 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8B2D
RGB	rgb(157, 139, 45)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 71.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, -4.09, 50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 50.49, 94.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.0161 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.113 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6120, 25.8240, 6.2229)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8B2D #2D3F9D

analogous

#9D532D #9D8B2D #779D2D

triadic

#9D8B2D #2D9D8B #8B2D9D

tetradic

#9D8B2D #2D9D53 #2D3F9D #9D2D77

square

#9D8B2D #2D9D53 #2D3F9D #9D2D77

split-complementary

#9D8B2D #2D779D #532D9D

monochromatic

#3E3712 #6D611F #9D8B2D #C8B23F #D6C56F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9D8B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9D8B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8B2D

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8B2D	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)

#99871F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 139, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.113 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdac6c',
    500: '#9d8b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8b2d;
$custom-light: #bdac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 55.446,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63544,
    "c": 0.11339,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8B2D

secondary

#6976BD

accent

#61DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8B2D

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

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