#9D8A1E#9D8A1E

#9D8A1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.122 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A1E
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 30)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 80.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, -4.21, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 55.68, 94.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.018 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.122 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2287, 25.4400, 4.9149)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A1E #1E319D

analogous

#9D4B1E #9D8A1E #719D1E

triadic

#9D8A1E #1E9D8A #8A1E9D

tetradic

#9D8A1E #1E9D4B #1E319D #9D1E71

square

#9D8A1E #1E9D4B #1E319D #9D1E71

split-complementary

#9D8A1E #1E719D #4B1E9D

monochromatic

#36300A #6A5D14 #9D8A1E #D0B728 #DFCA57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9D8A1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#9D8A1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A1E

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A1E	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)

#988600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.122 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab64',
    500: '#9d8a1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a1e;
$custom-light: #beab64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63223,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A1E

secondary

#5465C2

accent

#57EB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A1E

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

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