#9D8D28#9D8D28

#9D8D28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.118 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8D28
RGB	rgb(157, 141, 40)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 74.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, -5.43, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 53.10, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.0205 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.118 100)
XYZ	xyz(23.8136, 26.3722, 5.8431)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8D28 #28389D

analogous

#9D5228 #9D8D28 #729D28

triadic

#9D8D28 #289D8D #8D289D

tetradic

#9D8D28 #289D52 #28389D #9D2872

square

#9D8D28 #289D52 #28389D #9D2872

split-complementary

#9D8D28 #28729D #52289D

monochromatic

#3B350F #6C611C #9D8D28 #CCB736 #D8C967

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#9D8D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#9D8D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8D28

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8D28	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)

#9B8916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 141, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.118 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae69',
    500: '#9d8d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8d28;
$custom-light: #bdae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.795,
    "s": 59.391,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63944,
    "c": 0.11834,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.26371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8D28

secondary

#626FBE

accent

#5BE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8D28

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

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