#9D8525#9D8525

#9D8525 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.114 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8525
RGB	rgb(157, 133, 37)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 76.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.17, -1.17, 51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.17, 51.85, 91.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% -0.0087 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.114 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6273, 24.0780, 5.2056)
Luminance	0.2408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8525 #253D9D

analogous

#9D4925 #9D8525 #799D25

triadic

#9D8525 #259D85 #85259D

tetradic

#9D8525 #259D49 #253D9D #9D2579

square

#9D8525 #259D49 #253D9D #9D2579

split-complementary

#9D8525 #25799D #49259D

monochromatic

#3A310E #6B5B19 #9D8525 #CEAF31 #DAC262

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#9D8525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#9D8525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8525

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8525	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 133, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.114 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea867',
    500: '#9d8525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8525;
$custom-light: #bea867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62178,
    "c": 0.1142,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8525

secondary

#5E72BF

accent

#63E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8525

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

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