#9D8928#9D8928

#9D8928 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.115 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8928
RGB	rgb(157, 137, 40)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 74.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.28, -3.24, 51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.28, 51.85, 93.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.0142 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.115 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2345, 25.2138, 5.6500)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8928 #283C9D

analogous

#9D4E28 #9D8928 #769D28

triadic

#9D8928 #289D89 #89289D

tetradic

#9D8928 #289D4E #283C9D #9D2876

square

#9D8928 #289D4E #283C9D #9D2876

split-complementary

#9D8928 #28769D #4E289D

monochromatic

#3B340F #6C5E1C #9D8928 #CCB236 #D8C567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#9D8928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#9D8928 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8928

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8928	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 137, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.115 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab69',
    500: '#9d8928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8928;
$custom-light: #beab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.744,
    "s": 59.391,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63068,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8928

secondary

#6272BE

accent

#60E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8928

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

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