#9D8A1F#9D8A1F

#9D8A1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.121 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A1F
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 31)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 80.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, -4.17, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 55.35, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.0178 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.121 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2416, 25.4452, 4.9833)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A1F #1F329D

analogous

#9D4B1F #9D8A1F #719D1F

triadic

#9D8A1F #1F9D8A #8A1F9D

tetradic

#9D8A1F #1F9D4B #1F329D #9D1F71

square

#9D8A1F #1F9D4B #1F329D #9D1F71

split-complementary

#9D8A1F #1F719D #4B1F9D

monochromatic

#37300B #6A5D15 #9D8A1F #D0B729 #DECA58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9D8A1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#9D8A1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A1F

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A1F	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)

#988603

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.121 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab65',
    500: '#9d8a1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a1f;
$custom-light: #beab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 67.021,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63228,
    "c": 0.12113,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A1F

secondary

#5666C2

accent

#58EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A1F

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

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