#9D8522#9D8522

#9D8522 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.116 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8522
RGB	rgb(157, 133, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 78.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, -1.30, 52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 52.94, 91.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% -0.0094 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.116 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5821, 24.0599, 4.9677)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8522 #223A9D

analogous

#9D4822 #9D8522 #779D22

triadic

#9D8522 #229D85 #85229D

tetradic

#9D8522 #229D48 #223A9D #9D2277

square

#9D8522 #229D48 #223A9D #9D2277

split-complementary

#9D8522 #22779D #48229D

monochromatic

#38300C #6B5A17 #9D8522 #CFB02D #DCC35D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#9D8522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#9D8522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8522

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8522	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	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)

#94820E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 133, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.116 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea865',
    500: '#9d8522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8522;
$custom-light: #bea865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62158,
    "c": 0.11596,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8522

secondary

#5A6EC1

accent

#61E740

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8522

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

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