#9D8A24#9D8A24

#9D8A24 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.118 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A24
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 36)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 77.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, -3.97, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 53.64, 94.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.0167 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.118 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3127, 25.4736, 5.3577)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A24 #24379D

analogous

#9D4E24 #9D8A24 #739D24

triadic

#9D8A24 #249D8A #8A249D

tetradic

#9D8A24 #249D4E #24379D #9D2473

square

#9D8A24 #249D4E #24379D #9D2473

split-complementary

#9D8A24 #24739D #4E249D

monochromatic

#39320D #6B5E19 #9D8A24 #CFB62F #DBC861

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9D8A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#9D8A24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A24

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A24	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)

#988610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.118 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab67',
    500: '#9d8a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a24;
$custom-light: #beab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.579,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63259,
    "c": 0.11839,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A24

secondary

#5D6DC0

accent

#5CE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A24

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

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