#9D8937#9D8937

#9D8937 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.104 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8937
RGB	rgb(157, 137, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 65%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, -2.39, 45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 45.50, 93.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% -0.01 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.104 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5409, 25.3364, 7.2641)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8937 #374B9D

analogous

#9D5637 #9D8937 #7E9D37

triadic

#9D8937 #379D89 #89379D

tetradic

#9D8937 #379D56 #374B9D #9D377E

square

#9D8937 #379D56 #374B9D #9D377E

split-complementary

#9D8937 #377E9D #56379D

monochromatic

#423A17 #706127 #9D8937 #C2AB50 #D1C17D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9D8937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#9D8937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8937

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8937	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 137, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.104 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab72',
    500: '#9d8937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8937;
$custom-light: #bdab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.632,
    "c": 0.10409,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8937

secondary

#7583BB

accent

#6BD850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8937

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

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