#9D842E#9D842E

#9D842E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.108 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D842E
RGB	rgb(157, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 70.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, -0.17, 47.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 47.96, 90.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% -0.0048 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.108 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6502, 23.8692, 5.9984)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D842E #2E479D

analogous

#9D4C2E #9D842E #7F9D2E

triadic

#9D842E #2E9D84 #842E9D

tetradic

#9D842E #2E9D4C #2E479D #9D2E7F

square

#9D842E #2E9D4C #2E479D #9D2E7F

split-complementary

#9D842E #2E7F9D #4C2E9D

monochromatic

#3E3412 #6E5C20 #9D842E #C7A941 #D5BE70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#9D842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#9D842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D842E

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D842E	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)

#928222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.108 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda76c',
    500: '#9d842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d842e;
$custom-light: #bda76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.486,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62033,
    "c": 0.10754,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D842E

secondary

#6A7DBD

accent

#6BDE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D842E

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

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