#9D8528#9D8528

#9D8528 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.112 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8528
RGB	rgb(157, 133, 40)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 74.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, -1.03, 50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 50.70, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.008 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.112 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6764, 24.0976, 5.4640)
Luminance	0.2410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8528 #28409D

analogous

#9D4A28 #9D8528 #7A9D28

triadic

#9D8528 #289D85 #85289D

tetradic

#9D8528 #289D4A #28409D #9D287A

square

#9D8528 #289D4A #28409D #9D287A

split-complementary

#9D8528 #287A9D #4A289D

monochromatic

#3B320F #6C5C1C #9D8528 #CCAD36 #D8C167

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#9D8528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#9D8528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8528

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8528	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)

#938319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 133, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.112 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea869',
    500: '#9d8528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8528;
$custom-light: #bea869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 59.391,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.622,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8528

secondary

#6275BE

accent

#66E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8528

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

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