#9D8725#9D8725

#9D8725 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.116 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8725
RGB	rgb(157, 135, 37)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 76.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.71, -2.28, 52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.71, 52.40, 92.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% -0.0118 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.116 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9037, 24.6309, 5.2977)
Luminance	0.2463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8725 #253B9D

analogous

#9D4B25 #9D8725 #779D25

triadic

#9D8725 #259D87 #87259D

tetradic

#9D8725 #259D4B #253B9D #9D2577

square

#9D8725 #259D4B #253B9D #9D2577

split-complementary

#9D8725 #25779D #4B259D

monochromatic

#3A320E #6B5C19 #9D8725 #CEB231 #DAC462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#9D8725 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#9D8725 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8725

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8725	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8725	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8725;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 135, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.116 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea967',
    500: '#9d8725',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8725;
$custom-light: #bea967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8725",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62611,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8725

secondary

#5E70BF

accent

#61E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8725

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

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