#9D821B#9D821B

#9D821B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.118 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D821B
RGB	rgb(157, 130, 27)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 82.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, 0.10, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 54.52, 89.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% -0.0061 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.118 93)
XYZ	xyz(22.0864, 23.2139, 4.3541)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D821B #1B369D

analogous

#9D411B #9D821B #779D1B

triadic

#9D821B #1B9D82 #821B9D

tetradic

#9D821B #1B9D41 #1B369D #9D1B77

square

#9D821B #1B9D41 #1B369D #9D1B77

split-complementary

#9D821B #1B779D #411B9D

monochromatic

#352C09 #695712 #9D821B #D1AD24 #E1C351

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#9D821B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#9D821B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D821B

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D821B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D821B	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA776F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d821b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 130, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.118 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea562',
    500: '#9d821b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d821b;
$custom-light: #bea562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d821b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.538,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6147,
    "c": 0.11767,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.23212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D821B

secondary

#5068C4

accent

#60ED3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D821B

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

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