#9D8531#9D8531

#9D8531 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.106 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8531
RGB	rgb(157, 133, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 68.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, -0.55, 46.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 46.95, 90.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% -0.0055 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.106 93)
XYZ	xyz(22.8477, 24.1662, 6.3662)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8531 #31499D

analogous

#9D4F31 #9D8531 #7F9D31

triadic

#9D8531 #319D85 #85319D

tetradic

#9D8531 #319D4F #31499D #9D317F

square

#9D8531 #319D4F #31499D #9D317F

split-complementary

#9D8531 #317F9D #4F319D

monochromatic

#403614 #6E5D22 #9D8531 #C5A946 #D4BF75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#9D8531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#9D8531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8531

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8531	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 133, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.106 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda86e',
    500: '#9d8531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8531;
$custom-light: #bda86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 52.427,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62276,
    "c": 0.10597,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.24165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8531

secondary

#6E7FBC

accent

#6CDC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8531

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

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