#9D8E2C#9D8E2C

#9D8E2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.117 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8E2C
RGB	rgb(157, 142, 44)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 72%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -5.78, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 51.87, 96.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.021 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.117 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0333, 26.6971, 6.2695)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8E2C #2C3B9D

analogous

#9D552C #9D8E2C #749D2C

triadic

#9D8E2C #2C9D8E #8E2C9D

tetradic

#9D8E2C #2C9D55 #2C3B9D #9D2C74

square

#9D8E2C #2C9D55 #2C3B9D #9D2C74

split-complementary

#9D8E2C #2C749D #552C9D

monochromatic

#3D3811 #6D631F #9D8E2C #C9B63D #D6C86D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#9D8E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#9D8E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8E2C

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8E2C	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)

#9C8A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 142, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.117 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae6c',
    500: '#9d8e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8e2c;
$custom-light: #bdae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.035,
    "s": 56.219,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64194,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8E2C

secondary

#6873BD

accent

#5CE048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8E2C

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

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