#9D8921#9D8921

#9D8921 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.119 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8921
RGB	rgb(157, 137, 33)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 79%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, -3.55, 54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 54.40, 93.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0158 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.119 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1260, 25.1704, 5.0788)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8921 #21359D

analogous

#9D4B21 #9D8921 #739D21

triadic

#9D8921 #219D89 #89219D

tetradic

#9D8921 #219D4B #21359D #9D2173

square

#9D8921 #219D4B #21359D #9D2173

split-complementary

#9D8921 #21739D #4B219D

monochromatic

#38310C #6A5D16 #9D8921 #D0B52C #DDC85C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#9D8921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#9D8921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8921

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8921	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978609

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 137, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.119 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab65',
    500: '#9d8921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8921;
$custom-light: #beab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63021,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8921

secondary

#596AC1

accent

#5BE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8921

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

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