#9D8D34#9D8D34

#9D8D34 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.110 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8D34
RGB	rgb(157, 141, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 66.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, -4.77, 47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 48.18, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% -0.0172 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.11 99)
XYZ	xyz(24.0504, 26.4669, 7.0899)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8D34 #34449D

analogous

#9D5834 #9D8D34 #789D34

triadic

#9D8D34 #349D8D #8D349D

tetradic

#9D8D34 #349D58 #34449D #9D3478

square

#9D8D34 #349D58 #34449D #9D3478

split-complementary

#9D8D34 #34789D #58349D

monochromatic

#413A16 #6F6425 #9D8D34 #C3B14B #D3C579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9D8D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#9D8D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8D34

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8D34	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)

#9A8929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 141, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.110 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae70',
    500: '#9d8d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8d34;
$custom-light: #bdae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.857,
    "s": 50.239,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64043,
    "c": 0.10981,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.26466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8D34

secondary

#727DBB

accent

#63DA4E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8D34

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

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