#9D8D29#9D8D29

#9D8D29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.118 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8D29
RGB	rgb(157, 141, 41)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 73.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.40, -5.38, 52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.40, 52.72, 95.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% -0.0202 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.118 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8309, 26.3791, 5.9338)
Luminance	0.2638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8D29 #29399D

analogous

#9D5329 #9D8D29 #739D29

triadic

#9D8D29 #299D8D #8D299D

tetradic

#9D8D29 #299D53 #29399D #9D2973

square

#9D8D29 #299D53 #29399D #9D2973

split-complementary

#9D8D29 #29739D #53299D

monochromatic

#3C3610 #6C611C #9D8D29 #CBB738 #D8C869

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#9D8D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#9D8D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8D29

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8D29	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 141, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.118 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae6a',
    500: '#9d8d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8d29;
$custom-light: #bdae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 58.586,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63952,
    "c": 0.11771,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8D29

secondary

#6470BE

accent

#5BE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8D29

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

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