#9D8D46#9D8D46

#9D8D46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.094 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8D46
RGB	rgb(157, 141, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 38%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 55.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.66, -3.44, 39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.66, 39.71, 94.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% -0.0112 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.094 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5359, 26.6611, 9.6469)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8D46 #46569D

analogous

#9D6246 #9D8D46 #819D46

triadic

#9D8D46 #469D8D #8D469D

tetradic

#9D8D46 #469D62 #46569D #9D4681

square

#9D8D46 #469D62 #46569D #9D4681

split-complementary

#9D8D46 #46819D #62469D

monochromatic

#484120 #736733 #9D8D46 #BBAB66 #CDC290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9D8D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#9D8D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8D46

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8D46	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 141, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.094 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae7b',
    500: '#9d8d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8d46;
$custom-light: #bcae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.966,
    "s": 38.326,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64246,
    "c": 0.09362,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8D46

secondary

#868FB9

accent

#6FCE5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8D46

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

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