#9D8D24#9D8D24

#9D8D24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.121 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8D24
RGB	rgb(157, 141, 36)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 77.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, -5.61, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 54.56, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.0214 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.121 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7491, 26.3464, 5.5031)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8D24 #24349D

analogous

#9D5024 #9D8D24 #709D24

triadic

#9D8D24 #249D8D #8D249D

tetradic

#9D8D24 #249D50 #24349D #9D2470

square

#9D8D24 #249D50 #24349D #9D2470

split-complementary

#9D8D24 #24709D #50249D

monochromatic

#39340D #6B6019 #9D8D24 #CFBA2F #DBCB61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#9D8D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#9D8D24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8D24

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8D24	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B890E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 141, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.121 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae67',
    500: '#9d8d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8d24;
$custom-light: #beae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.066,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63917,
    "c": 0.12076,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8D24

secondary

#5D6AC0

accent

#58E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8D24

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

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