#9D8322#9D8322

#9D8322 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.115 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8322
RGB	rgb(157, 131, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 78.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, -0.19, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 52.42, 90.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% -0.0062 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.115 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.3109, 23.5175, 4.8773)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8322 #223C9D

analogous

#9D4522 #9D8322 #7A9D22

triadic

#9D8322 #229D83 #83229D

tetradic

#9D8322 #229D45 #223C9D #9D227A

square

#9D8322 #229D45 #223C9D #9D227A

split-complementary

#9D8322 #227A9D #45229D

monochromatic

#382F0C #6B5917 #9D8322 #CFAD2D #DCC15D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#9D8322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#9D8322 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8322

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8322	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92810F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 131, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.115 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea665',
    500: '#9d8322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8322;
$custom-light: #bea665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.317,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61726,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8322

secondary

#5A70C1

accent

#64E740

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8322

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

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