#9D8823#9D8823

#9D8823 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.117 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8823
RGB	rgb(157, 136, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 77.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, -2.92, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 53.42, 93.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.0139 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.117 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0134, 24.8990, 5.1836)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8823 #23389D

analogous

#9D4B23 #9D8823 #759D23

triadic

#9D8823 #239D88 #88239D

tetradic

#9D8823 #239D4B #23389D #9D2375

square

#9D8823 #239D4B #23389D #9D2375

split-complementary

#9D8823 #23759D #4B239D

monochromatic

#39310D #6B5D18 #9D8823 #CFB32E #DBC65F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#9D8823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#9D8823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8823

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8823	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96850E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 136, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.117 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beaa66',
    500: '#9d8823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8823;
$custom-light: #beaa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62816,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8823

secondary

#5C6DC0

accent

#5EE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8823

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

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