#9D821E#9D821E

#9D821E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.116 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D821E
RGB	rgb(157, 130, 30)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 80.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, 0.21, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 53.56, 89.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% -0.0055 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.116 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1229, 23.2285, 4.5464)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D821E #1E399D

analogous

#9D431E #9D821E #799D1E

triadic

#9D821E #1E9D82 #821E9D

tetradic

#9D821E #1E9D43 #1E399D #9D1E79

square

#9D821E #1E9D43 #1E399D #9D1E79

split-complementary

#9D821E #1E799D #431E9D

monochromatic

#362D0A #6A5714 #9D821E #D0AD28 #DFC257

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#9D821E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#9D821E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D821E

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D821E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D821E	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918005

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA776F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d821e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 130, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.116 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea563',
    500: '#9d821e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d821e;
$custom-light: #bea563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d821e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.244,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61487,
    "c": 0.1162,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D821E

secondary

#546CC2

accent

#62EB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D821E

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

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