#9D8F2D#9D8F2D

#9D8F2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.117 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8F2D
RGB	rgb(157, 143, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 71.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, -6.27, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 51.81, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0223 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.117 101)
XYZ	xyz(24.2018, 27.0036, 6.4195)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8F2D #2D3B9D

analogous

#9D572D #9D8F2D #739D2D

triadic

#9D8F2D #2D9D8F #8F2D9D

tetradic

#9D8F2D #2D9D57 #2D3B9D #9D2D73

square

#9D8F2D #2D9D57 #2D3B9D #9D2D73

split-complementary

#9D8F2D #2D739D #572D9D

monochromatic

#3E3812 #6D641F #9D8F2D #C8B73F #D6C96F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9D8F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#9D8F2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8F2D

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8F2D	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)

#9D8B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 143, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.117 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdaf6c',
    500: '#9d8f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8f2d;
$custom-light: #bdaf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 55.446,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64423,
    "c": 0.11673,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.27002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8F2D

secondary

#6973BD

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8F2D

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

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