#9D8A1D#9D8A1D

#9D8A1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.122 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A1D
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 29)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(51, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 81.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, -4.25, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 55.99, 94.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.0182 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.122 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2161, 25.4350, 4.8487)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A1D #1D309D

analogous

#9D4A1D #9D8A1D #709D1D

triadic

#9D8A1D #1D9D8A #8A1D9D

tetradic

#9D8A1D #1D9D4A #1D309D #9D1D70

square

#9D8A1D #1D9D4A #1D309D #9D1D70

split-complementary

#9D8A1D #1D709D #4A1D9D

monochromatic

#362F0A #695D13 #9D8A1D #D1B727 #E0CB55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9D8A1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#9D8A1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A1D

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A1D	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.122 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab64',
    500: '#9d8a1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a1d;
$custom-light: #beab64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 68.817,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63218,
    "c": 0.12212,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A1D

secondary

#5364C3

accent

#56EC3C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A1D

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

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