#9D8F2A#9D8F2A

#9D8F2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.119 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8F2A
RGB	rgb(157, 143, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 73.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, -6.42, 52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 52.99, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% -0.023 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.119 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1461, 26.9813, 6.1261)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8F2A #2A389D

analogous

#9D562A #9D8F2A #729D2A

triadic

#9D8F2A #2A9D8F #8F2A9D

tetradic

#9D8F2A #2A9D56 #2A389D #9D2A72

square

#9D8F2A #2A9D56 #2A389D #9D2A72

split-complementary

#9D8F2A #2A729D #562A9D

monochromatic

#3C3710 #6D631D #9D8F2A #CAB93A #D7CA6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9D8F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#9D8F2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8F2A

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8F2A	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 143, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.119 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdaf6b',
    500: '#9d8f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8f2a;
$custom-light: #bdaf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.696,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.644,
    "c": 0.11875,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8F2A

secondary

#6570BE

accent

#5AE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8F2A

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

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