#9D8A33#9D8A33

#9D8A33 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.108 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A33
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 67.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, -3.19, 47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 47.62, 93.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0128 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.108 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5917, 25.5852, 6.8271)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A33 #33469D

analogous

#9D5533 #9D8A33 #7B9D33

triadic

#9D8A33 #339D8A #8A339D

tetradic

#9D8A33 #339D55 #33469D #9D337B

square

#9D8A33 #339D55 #33469D #9D337B

split-complementary

#9D8A33 #337B9D #55339D

monochromatic

#413915 #6F6124 #9D8A33 #C4AE49 #D3C377

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9D8A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#9D8A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A33

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A33	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.108 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab6f',
    500: '#9d8a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a33;
$custom-light: #bdab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.245,
    "s": 50.962,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63378,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A33

secondary

#707EBB

accent

#67DA4D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A33

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

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