#9D8422#9D8422

#9D8422 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.115 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8422
RGB	rgb(157, 132, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 78.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, -0.75, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 52.68, 90.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% -0.0078 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.115 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4459, 23.7874, 4.9222)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8422 #223B9D

analogous

#9D4722 #9D8422 #789D22

triadic

#9D8422 #229D84 #84229D

tetradic

#9D8422 #229D47 #223B9D #9D2278

square

#9D8422 #229D47 #223B9D #9D2278

split-complementary

#9D8422 #22789D #47229D

monochromatic

#382F0C #6B5A17 #9D8422 #CFAE2D #DCC25D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#9D8422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#9D8422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8422

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8422	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93820E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 132, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.115 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea765',
    500: '#9d8422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8422;
$custom-light: #bea765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.805,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61942,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8422

secondary

#5A6FC1

accent

#62E740

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8422

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

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