#9D8427#9D8427

#9D8427 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.112 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8427
RGB	rgb(157, 132, 39)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 75.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, -0.53, 50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 50.82, 90.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% -0.0066 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.112 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5233, 23.8184, 5.3301)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8427 #27409D

analogous

#9D4927 #9D8427 #7B9D27

triadic

#9D8427 #279D84 #84279D

tetradic

#9D8427 #279D49 #27409D #9D277B

square

#9D8427 #279D49 #27409D #9D277B

split-complementary

#9D8427 #277B9D #49279D

monochromatic

#3B320F #6C5B1B #9D8427 #CDAC35 #D9C066

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#9D8427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#9D8427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8427

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8427	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	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)

#938218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 132, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.112 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea768',
    500: '#9d8427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8427;
$custom-light: #bea768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.288,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61976,
    "c": 0.11231,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8427

secondary

#6175BF

accent

#66E344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8427

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

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