#9D8D2F#9D8D2F

#9D8D2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.114 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8D2F
RGB	rgb(157, 141, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 70.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, -5.07, 50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 50.32, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64% -0.0186 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.114 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9437, 26.4242, 6.5280)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8D2F #2F3F9D

analogous

#9D562F #9D8D2F #769D2F

triadic

#9D8D2F #2F9D8D #8D2F9D

tetradic

#9D8D2F #2F9D56 #2F3F9D #9D2F76

square

#9D8D2F #2F9D56 #2F3F9D #9D2F76

split-complementary

#9D8D2F #2F769D #562F9D

monochromatic

#3F3813 #6E6321 #9D8D2F #C7B343 #D5C672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9D8D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#9D8D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8D2F

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8D2F	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)

#9B8922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 141, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.114 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae6d',
    500: '#9d8d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8d2f;
$custom-light: #bdae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 53.922,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63999,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8D2F

secondary

#6B77BC

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8D2F

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

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