#9D8D32#9D8D32

#9D8D32 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.111 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8D32
RGB	rgb(157, 141, 50)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 68.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, -4.90, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 49.05, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% -0.0178 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.111 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0063, 26.4492, 6.8577)
Luminance	0.2645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8D32 #32429D

analogous

#9D5732 #9D8D32 #779D32

triadic

#9D8D32 #329D8D #8D329D

tetradic

#9D8D32 #329D57 #32429D #9D3277

square

#9D8D32 #329D57 #32429D #9D3277

split-complementary

#9D8D32 #32779D #57329D

monochromatic

#403A14 #6F6323 #9D8D32 #C5B248 #D3C576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9D8D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#9D8D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8D32

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8D32	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 141, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.111 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae6f',
    500: '#9d8d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8d32;
$custom-light: #bdae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.028,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64025,
    "c": 0.11136,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8D32

secondary

#6F7BBC

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8D32

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

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