#9D8B2E#9D8B2E

#9D8B2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.113 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8B2E
RGB	rgb(157, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 70.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -4.03, 49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 50.08, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0158 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.113 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6315, 25.8317, 6.3255)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8B2E #2E409D

analogous

#9D532E #9D8B2E #789D2E

triadic

#9D8B2E #2E9D8B #8B2E9D

tetradic

#9D8B2E #2E9D53 #2E409D #9D2E78

square

#9D8B2E #2E9D53 #2E409D #9D2E78

split-complementary

#9D8B2E #2E789D #532E9D

monochromatic

#3E3712 #6E6120 #9D8B2E #C7B241 #D5C570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9D8B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#9D8B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8B2E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8B2E	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.113 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdac6c',
    500: '#9d8b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8b2e;
$custom-light: #bdac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63552,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8B2E

secondary

#6A78BD

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8B2E

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

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