#9D8722#9D8722

#9D8722 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.117 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8722
RGB	rgb(157, 135, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 78.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, -2.41, 53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 53.49, 92.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% -0.0125 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.117 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8586, 24.6128, 5.0598)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8722 #22389D

analogous

#9D4922 #9D8722 #769D22

triadic

#9D8722 #229D87 #87229D

tetradic

#9D8722 #229D49 #22389D #9D2276

square

#9D8722 #229D49 #22389D #9D2276

split-complementary

#9D8722 #22769D #49229D

monochromatic

#38300C #6B5C17 #9D8722 #CFB22D #DCC55D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#9D8722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#9D8722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8722

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8722	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96840D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 135, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.117 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea966',
    500: '#9d8722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8722;
$custom-light: #bea966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.268,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62592,
    "c": 0.11733,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8722

secondary

#5A6DC1

accent

#5EE740

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8722

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

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