#9D8F4E#9D8F4E

#9D8F4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.087 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8F4E
RGB	rgb(157, 143, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 50.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -3.81, 36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 36.43, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% -0.0113 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.087 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1030, 27.3640, 11.1657)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8F4E #4E5C9D

analogous

#9D674E #9D8F4E #839D4E

triadic

#9D8F4E #4E9D8F #8F4E9D

tetradic

#9D8F4E #4E9D67 #4E5C9D #9D4E83

square

#9D8F4E #4E9D67 #4E5C9D #9D4E83

split-complementary

#9D8F4E #4E839D #674E9D

monochromatic

#4B4525 #746A3A #9D8F4E #B8AB70 #CCC399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#9D8F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#9D8F4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8F4E

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8F4E	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8C48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 143, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.087 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaf81',
    500: '#9d8f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8f4e;
$custom-light: #bcaf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.367,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64793,
    "c": 0.08715,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8F4E

secondary

#8E95B9

accent

#71CA5E

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8F4E

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

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