#9D8527#9D8527

#9D8527 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.113 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8527
RGB	rgb(157, 133, 39)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 75.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, -1.08, 51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 51.09, 91.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.0082 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.113 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6596, 24.0909, 5.3756)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8527 #273F9D

analogous

#9D4A27 #9D8527 #7A9D27

triadic

#9D8527 #279D85 #85279D

tetradic

#9D8527 #279D4A #273F9D #9D277A

square

#9D8527 #279D4A #273F9D #9D277A

split-complementary

#9D8527 #277A9D #4A279D

monochromatic

#3B320F #6C5B1B #9D8527 #CDAE35 #D9C166

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#9D8527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#9D8527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8527

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8527	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)

#948217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 133, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.113 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea868',
    500: '#9d8527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8527;
$custom-light: #bea868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.797,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62192,
    "c": 0.11297,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8527

secondary

#6174BF

accent

#65E344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8527

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

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