#9D8D4E#9D8D4E

#9D8D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.085 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8D4E
RGB	rgb(157, 141, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 50.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, -2.71, 35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 35.66, 94.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% -0.0082 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.085 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8054, 26.7689, 11.0665)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8D4E #4E5E9D

analogous

#9D654E #9D8D4E #859D4E

triadic

#9D8D4E #4E9D8D #8D4E9D

tetradic

#9D8D4E #4E9D65 #4E5E9D #9D4E85

square

#9D8D4E #4E9D65 #4E5E9D #9D4E85

split-complementary

#9D8D4E #4E859D #654E9D

monochromatic

#4B4425 #74683A #9D8D4E #B8A970 #CCC299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#9D8D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#9D8D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8D4E

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8D4E	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 141, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.085 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae81',
    500: '#9d8d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8d4e;
$custom-light: #bcae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.848,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64358,
    "c": 0.08532,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8D4E

secondary

#8E97B9

accent

#74CA5E

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8D4E

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

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