#9D8A31#9D8A31

#9D8A31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.110 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A31
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 68.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, -3.31, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 48.49, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0134 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.11 97)
XYZ	xyz(23.5486, 25.5680, 6.5999)
Luminance	0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A31 #31449D

analogous

#9D5431 #9D8A31 #7A9D31

triadic

#9D8A31 #319D8A #8A319D

tetradic

#9D8A31 #319D54 #31449D #9D317A

square

#9D8A31 #319D54 #31449D #9D317A

split-complementary

#9D8A31 #317A9D #54319D

monochromatic

#403814 #6E6122 #9D8A31 #C5AF46 #D4C375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9D8A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#9D8A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A31

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A31	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.110 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab6e',
    500: '#9d8a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a31;
$custom-light: #bdab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.444,
    "s": 52.427,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6336,
    "c": 0.10966,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.25567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A31

secondary

#6E7CBC

accent

#65DC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A31

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

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