#9D8733#9D8733

#9D8733 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.106 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8733
RGB	rgb(157, 135, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 67.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, -1.54, 46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 46.67, 91.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.0081 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.106 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1673, 24.7363, 6.6856)
Luminance	0.2473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8733 #33499D

analogous

#9D5233 #9D8733 #7E9D33

triadic

#9D8733 #339D87 #87339D

tetradic

#9D8733 #339D52 #33499D #9D337E

square

#9D8733 #339D52 #33499D #9D337E

split-complementary

#9D8733 #337E9D #52339D

monochromatic

#413815 #6F5F24 #9D8733 #C4AA49 #D3C077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#9D8733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#9D8733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8733

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8733	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 135, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.106 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda96f',
    500: '#9d8733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8733;
$custom-light: #bda96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.547,
    "s": 50.962,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62726,
    "c": 0.10583,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8733

secondary

#7080BB

accent

#6BDA4D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8733

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

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