#9D8F2C#9D8F2C

#9D8F2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.117 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8F2C
RGB	rgb(157, 143, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 72%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -6.32, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 52.21, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0225 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.117 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1828, 26.9960, 6.3193)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8F2C #2C3A9D

analogous

#9D562C #9D8F2C #739D2C

triadic

#9D8F2C #2C9D8F #8F2C9D

tetradic

#9D8F2C #2C9D56 #2C3A9D #9D2C73

square

#9D8F2C #2C9D56 #2C3A9D #9D2C73

split-complementary

#9D8F2C #2C739D #562C9D

monochromatic

#3D3811 #6D631F #9D8F2C #C9B73D #D6C96D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9D8F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#9D8F2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8F2C

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8F2C	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)

#9D8B1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 143, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.117 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdaf6c',
    500: '#9d8f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8f2c;
$custom-light: #bdaf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.566,
    "s": 56.219,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64415,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8F2C

secondary

#6872BD

accent

#5BE048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8F2C

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

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