#9D8D27#9D8D27

#9D8D27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.119 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8D27
RGB	rgb(157, 141, 39)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 75.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -5.48, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 53.47, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.0207 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.119 100)
XYZ	xyz(23.7969, 26.3655, 5.7546)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8D27 #27379D

analogous

#9D5227 #9D8D27 #729D27

triadic

#9D8D27 #279D8D #8D279D

tetradic

#9D8D27 #279D52 #27379D #9D2772

square

#9D8D27 #279D52 #27379D #9D2772

split-complementary

#9D8D27 #27729D #52279D

monochromatic

#3B350F #6C611B #9D8D27 #CDB835 #D9C966

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#9D8D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#9D8D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8D27

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8D27	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)

#9B8914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 141, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.119 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae69',
    500: '#9d8d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8d27;
$custom-light: #bdae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63937,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.26364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8D27

secondary

#616EBF

accent

#5AE344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8D27

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

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