#9D8A25#9D8A25

#9D8A25 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 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A25
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 37)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 76.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.54, -3.93, 53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.54, 53.28, 94.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0165 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.118 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3282, 25.4798, 5.4392)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A25 #25389D

analogous

#9D4E25 #9D8A25 #749D25

triadic

#9D8A25 #259D8A #8A259D

tetradic

#9D8A25 #259D4E #25389D #9D2574

square

#9D8A25 #259D4E #25389D #9D2574

split-complementary

#9D8A25 #25749D #4E259D

monochromatic

#3A330E #6B5E19 #9D8A25 #CEB531 #DAC762

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9D8A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#9D8A25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A25

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A25	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.118 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab68',
    500: '#9d8a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a25;
$custom-light: #beab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63265,
    "c": 0.1178,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A25

secondary

#5E6EBF

accent

#5DE543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A25

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

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