#9D8622#9D8622

#9D8622 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.117 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8622
RGB	rgb(157, 134, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 78.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, -1.86, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 53.21, 92.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.0109 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.117 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7197, 24.3351, 5.0135)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8622 #22399D

analogous

#9D4822 #9D8622 #779D22

triadic

#9D8622 #229D86 #86229D

tetradic

#9D8622 #229D48 #22399D #9D2277

square

#9D8622 #229D48 #22399D #9D2277

split-complementary

#9D8622 #22779D #48229D

monochromatic

#38300C #6B5B17 #9D8622 #CFB12D #DCC45D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#9D8622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#9D8622 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8622

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8622	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95830D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 134, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.117 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea866',
    500: '#9d8622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8622;
$custom-light: #bea866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.78,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62375,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8622

secondary

#5A6DC1

accent

#60E740

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8622

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

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