#9D8429#9D8429

#9D8429 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.111 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8429
RGB	rgb(157, 132, 41)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 73.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, -0.43, 50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 50.03, 90.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% -0.0061 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.111 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5573, 23.8320, 5.5093)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8429 #29429D

analogous

#9D4A29 #9D8429 #7C9D29

triadic

#9D8429 #299D84 #84299D

tetradic

#9D8429 #299D4A #29429D #9D297C

square

#9D8429 #299D4A #29429D #9D297C

split-complementary

#9D8429 #297C9D #4A299D

monochromatic

#3C3210 #6C5B1C #9D8429 #CBAB38 #D8C069

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#9D8429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#9D8429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8429

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8429	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93821B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 132, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.111 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea769',
    500: '#9d8429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8429;
$custom-light: #bea769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.069,
    "s": 58.586,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61992,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8429

secondary

#6477BE

accent

#68E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8429

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

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