#9D8E2A#9D8E2A

#9D8E2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.118 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8E2A
RGB	rgb(157, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 73.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, -5.88, 52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 52.66, 96.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.0215 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.118 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9967, 26.6824, 6.0763)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8E2A #2A399D

analogous

#9D552A #9D8E2A #739D2A

triadic

#9D8E2A #2A9D8E #8E2A9D

tetradic

#9D8E2A #2A9D55 #2A399D #9D2A73

square

#9D8E2A #2A9D55 #2A399D #9D2A73

split-complementary

#9D8E2A #2A739D #552A9D

monochromatic

#3C3710 #6D621D #9D8E2A #CAB73A #D7C96A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#9D8E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#9D8E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8E2A

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8E2A	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.118 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae6b',
    500: '#9d8e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8e2a;
$custom-light: #bdae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64179,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8E2A

secondary

#6571BE

accent

#5BE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8E2A

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

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