#9D811B#9D811B

#9D811B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.117 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D811B
RGB	rgb(157, 129, 27)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(47, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 82.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, 0.66, 54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 54.29, 89.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% -0.0045 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.117 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9540, 22.9491, 4.3100)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D811B #1B379D

analogous

#9D401B #9D811B #789D1B

triadic

#9D811B #1B9D81 #811B9D

tetradic

#9D811B #1B9D40 #1B379D #9D1B78

square

#9D811B #1B9D40 #1B379D #9D1B78

split-complementary

#9D811B #1B789D #401B9D

monochromatic

#352B09 #695612 #9D811B #D1AC24 #E1C251

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#9D811B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#9D811B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D811B

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D811B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D811B	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA756E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d811b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 129, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.117 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea562',
    500: '#9d811b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d811b;
$custom-light: #bea562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d811b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.077,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61255,
    "c": 0.11708,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D811B

secondary

#5069C4

accent

#61ED3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D811B

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

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