#9D8D1E#9D8D1E

#9D8D1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.124 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8D1E
RGB	rgb(157, 141, 30)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 80.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.33, -5.85, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.33, 56.56, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.0226 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6650, 26.3127, 5.0604)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8D1E #1E2E9D

analogous

#9D4E1E #9D8D1E #6E9D1E

triadic

#9D8D1E #1E9D8D #8D1E9D

tetradic

#9D8D1E #1E9D4E #1E2E9D #9D1E6E

square

#9D8D1E #1E9D4E #1E2E9D #9D1E6E

split-complementary

#9D8D1E #1E6E9D #4E1E9D

monochromatic

#36310A #6A5F14 #9D8D1E #D0BB28 #DFCE57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#9D8D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#9D8D1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8D1E

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8D1E	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)

#A08F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 141, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae65',
    500: '#9d8d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8d1e;
$custom-light: #beae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63882,
    "c": 0.12396,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8D1E

secondary

#5462C2

accent

#53EB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8D1E

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

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