#9D8933#9D8933

#9D8933 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.107 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8933
RGB	rgb(157, 137, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 67.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, -2.64, 47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 47.30, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0112 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.107 96)
XYZ	xyz(23.4489, 25.2996, 6.7795)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8933 #33479D

analogous

#9D5433 #9D8933 #7C9D33

triadic

#9D8933 #339D89 #89339D

tetradic

#9D8933 #339D54 #33479D #9D337C

square

#9D8933 #339D54 #33479D #9D337C

split-complementary

#9D8933 #337C9D #54339D

monochromatic

#413815 #6F6124 #9D8933 #C4AD49 #D3C277

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9D8933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#9D8933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8933

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8933	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 137, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.107 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab6f',
    500: '#9d8933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8933;
$custom-light: #bdab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 50.962,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6316,
    "c": 0.10734,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.25298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8933

secondary

#707FBB

accent

#68DA4D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8933

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

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