#9D8B1D#9D8B1D

#9D8B1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.123 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8B1D
RGB	rgb(157, 139, 29)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(52, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 81.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -4.79, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 56.28, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0197 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.123 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3602, 25.7232, 4.8968)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8B1D #1D2F9D

analogous

#9D4B1D #9D8B1D #6F9D1D

triadic

#9D8B1D #1D9D8B #8B1D9D

tetradic

#9D8B1D #1D9D4B #1D2F9D #9D1D6F

square

#9D8B1D #1D9D4B #1D2F9D #9D1D6F

split-complementary

#9D8B1D #1D6F9D #4B1D9D

monochromatic

#36300A #695D13 #9D8B1D #D1B927 #E0CC55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9D8B1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9D8B1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8B1D

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8B1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8B1D	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8b1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 139, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.123 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beac64',
    500: '#9d8b1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8b1d;
$custom-light: #beac64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8b1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 68.817,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63437,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8B1D

secondary

#5363C3

accent

#55EC3C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8B1D

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

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