#9D8524#9D8524

#9D8524 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.115 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8524
RGB	rgb(157, 133, 36)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 77.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, -1.22, 52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 52.22, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.0089 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.115 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6118, 24.0718, 5.1240)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8524 #243C9D

analogous

#9D4824 #9D8524 #789D24

triadic

#9D8524 #249D85 #85249D

tetradic

#9D8524 #249D48 #243C9D #9D2478

square

#9D8524 #249D48 #243C9D #9D2478

split-complementary

#9D8524 #24789D #48249D

monochromatic

#39310D #6B5B19 #9D8524 #CFAF2F #DBC361

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#9D8524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#9D8524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8524

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8524	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)

#948212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 133, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.115 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea866',
    500: '#9d8524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8524;
$custom-light: #bea866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.099,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62171,
    "c": 0.11481,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8524

secondary

#5D71C0

accent

#63E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8524

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

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