#9D851F#9D851F

#9D851F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.118 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D851F
RGB	rgb(157, 133, 31)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 80.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, -1.42, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 53.98, 91.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% -0.01 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.118 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5407, 24.0434, 4.7496)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D851F #1F379D

analogous

#9D461F #9D851F #769D1F

triadic

#9D851F #1F9D85 #851F9D

tetradic

#9D851F #1F9D46 #1F379D #9D1F76

square

#9D851F #1F9D46 #1F379D #9D1F76

split-complementary

#9D851F #1F769D #461F9D

monochromatic

#372E0B #6A5A15 #9D851F #D0B029 #DEC558

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#9D851F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#9D851F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D851F

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D851F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D851F	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948206

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d851f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 133, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.118 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea864',
    500: '#9d851f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d851f;
$custom-light: #bea864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d851f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 67.021,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6214,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D851F

secondary

#566AC2

accent

#5FEA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D851F

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

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