#9D8424#9D8424

#9D8424 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.114 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8424
RGB	rgb(157, 132, 36)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 77.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, -0.66, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 51.95, 90.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% -0.0073 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.114 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4756, 23.7993, 5.0786)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8424 #243D9D

analogous

#9D4724 #9D8424 #7A9D24

triadic

#9D8424 #249D84 #84249D

tetradic

#9D8424 #249D47 #243D9D #9D247A

square

#9D8424 #249D47 #243D9D #9D247A

split-complementary

#9D8424 #247A9D #47249D

monochromatic

#39300D #6B5A19 #9D8424 #CFAE2F #DBC161

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#9D8424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#9D8424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8424

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8424	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)

#938212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 132, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.114 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea766',
    500: '#9d8424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8424;
$custom-light: #bea766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.603,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61955,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8424

secondary

#5D71C0

accent

#64E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8424

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

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