#9D8B24#9D8B24

#9D8B24 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.119 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8B24
RGB	rgb(157, 139, 36)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 77.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -4.52, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 53.94, 94.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.0183 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.119 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4569, 25.7619, 5.4057)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8B24 #24369D

analogous

#9D4E24 #9D8B24 #739D24

triadic

#9D8B24 #249D8B #8B249D

tetradic

#9D8B24 #249D4E #24369D #9D2473

square

#9D8B24 #249D4E #24369D #9D2473

split-complementary

#9D8B24 #24739D #4E249D

monochromatic

#39330D #6B5F19 #9D8B24 #CFB72F #DBC961

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9D8B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9D8B24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8B24

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8B24	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#99870F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 139, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.119 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beac67',
    500: '#9d8b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8b24;
$custom-light: #beac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.074,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63478,
    "c": 0.11916,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8B24

secondary

#5D6CC0

accent

#5AE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8B24

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

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