#9D8D1B#9D8D1B

#9D8D1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.125 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8D1B
RGB	rgb(157, 141, 27)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(53, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 82.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.32, -5.95, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.32, 57.46, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.0231 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.125 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6285, 26.2981, 4.8682)
Luminance	0.2630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8D1B #1B2B9D

analogous

#9D4C1B #9D8D1B #6C9D1B

triadic

#9D8D1B #1B9D8D #8D1B9D

tetradic

#9D8D1B #1B9D4C #1B2B9D #9D1B6C

square

#9D8D1B #1B9D4C #1B2B9D #9D1B6C

split-complementary

#9D8D1B #1B6C9D #4C1B9D

monochromatic

#352F09 #695E12 #9D8D1B #D1BC24 #E1CF51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#9D8D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#9D8D1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8D1B

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8D1B	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 141, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.125 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bead63',
    500: '#9d8d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8d1b;
$custom-light: #bead63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63867,
    "c": 0.12537,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8D1B

secondary

#505EC4

accent

#50ED3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8D1B

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

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