#9D8D2E#9D8D2E

#9D8D2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.114 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8D2E
RGB	rgb(157, 141, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 70.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, -5.12, 50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 50.73, 95.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0189 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.114 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9237, 26.4162, 6.4229)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8D2E #2E3E9D

analogous

#9D552E #9D8D2E #769D2E

triadic

#9D8D2E #2E9D8D #8D2E9D

tetradic

#9D8D2E #2E9D55 #2E3E9D #9D2E76

square

#9D8D2E #2E9D55 #2E3E9D #9D2E76

split-complementary

#9D8D2E #2E769D #552E9D

monochromatic

#3E3812 #6E6220 #9D8D2E #C7B441 #D5C770

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9D8D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#9D8D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8D2E

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8D2E	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 141, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.114 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae6d',
    500: '#9d8d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8d2e;
$custom-light: #bdae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.351,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6399,
    "c": 0.11432,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8D2E

secondary

#6A76BD

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8D2E

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

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