#9D8B1E#9D8B1E

#9D8B1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.122 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8B1E
RGB	rgb(157, 139, 30)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 80.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, -4.76, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 55.96, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0195 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.122 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3728, 25.7283, 4.9630)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8B1E #1E309D

analogous

#9D4C1E #9D8B1E #709D1E

triadic

#9D8B1E #1E9D8B #8B1E9D

tetradic

#9D8B1E #1E9D4C #1E309D #9D1E70

square

#9D8B1E #1E9D4C #1E309D #9D1E70

split-complementary

#9D8B1E #1E709D #4C1E9D

monochromatic

#36300A #6A5E14 #9D8B1E #D0B828 #DFCC57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9D8B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9D8B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8B1E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8B1E	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	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: #9d8b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 139, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.122 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beac64',
    500: '#9d8b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8b1e;
$custom-light: #beac64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63442,
    "c": 0.12239,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8B1E

secondary

#5464C2

accent

#56EB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8B1E

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

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