#9D862B#9D862B

#9D862B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.111 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D862B
RGB	rgb(157, 134, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 72.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, -1.44, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 49.78, 91.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.0088 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.111 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8670, 24.3940, 5.7891)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D862B #2B429D

analogous

#9D4D2B #9D862B #7B9D2B

triadic

#9D862B #2B9D86 #862B9D

tetradic

#9D862B #2B9D4D #2B429D #9D2B7B

square

#9D862B #2B9D4D #2B429D #9D2B7B

split-complementary

#9D862B #2B7B9D #4D2B9D

monochromatic

#3D3411 #6D5D1E #9D862B #CAAD3C #D7C16C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#9D862B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#9D862B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D862B

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D862B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D862B	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94831E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d862b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 134, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.111 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda86a',
    500: '#9d862b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d862b;
$custom-light: #bda86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d862b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.895,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62439,
    "c": 0.11102,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D862B

secondary

#6678BD

accent

#66E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D862B

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

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