#9D8D26#9D8D26

#9D8D26 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.120 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8D26
RGB	rgb(157, 141, 38)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 75.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -5.52, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 53.84, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.0209 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.12 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7805, 26.3589, 5.6685)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8D26 #26369D

analogous

#9D5126 #9D8D26 #719D26

triadic

#9D8D26 #269D8D #8D269D

tetradic

#9D8D26 #269D51 #26369D #9D2671

square

#9D8D26 #269D51 #26369D #9D2671

split-complementary

#9D8D26 #26719D #51269D

monochromatic

#3A340E #6C611A #9D8D26 #CEB933 #D9CA64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#9D8D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#9D8D26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8D26

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8D26	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)

#9B8912

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 141, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.120 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae68',
    500: '#9d8d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8d26;
$custom-light: #beae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.933,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6393,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8D26

secondary

#606DBF

accent

#59E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8D26

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

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