#9D8221#9D8221

#9D8221 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.115 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8221
RGB	rgb(157, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 79%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.32, 0.32, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.32, 52.53, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.0048 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.115 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1630, 23.2445, 4.7578)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8221 #213C9D

analogous

#9D4421 #9D8221 #7A9D21

triadic

#9D8221 #219D82 #82219D

tetradic

#9D8221 #219D44 #213C9D #9D217A

square

#9D8221 #219D44 #213C9D #9D217A

split-complementary

#9D8221 #217A9D #44219D

monochromatic

#382E0C #6A5816 #9D8221 #D0AC2C #DDC15C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#9D8221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#9D8221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8221

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8221	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)

#91800D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.115 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea565',
    500: '#9d8221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8221;
$custom-light: #bea565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.935,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61505,
    "c": 0.1146,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8221

secondary

#596FC1

accent

#64E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8221

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

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