#9D8D35#9D8D35

#9D8D35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.109 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8D35
RGB	rgb(157, 141, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 66.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -4.71, 47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 47.74, 95.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.0169 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.109 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0732, 26.4760, 7.2098)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8D35 #35459D

analogous

#9D5935 #9D8D35 #799D35

triadic

#9D8D35 #359D8D #8D359D

tetradic

#9D8D35 #359D59 #35459D #9D3579

square

#9D8D35 #359D59 #35459D #9D3579

split-complementary

#9D8D35 #35799D #59359D

monochromatic

#413B16 #6F6426 #9D8D35 #C3B14C #D2C57A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9D8D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#9D8D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8D35

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8D35	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)

#9A892A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 141, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.109 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae71',
    500: '#9d8d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8d35;
$custom-light: #bdae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 49.524,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64053,
    "c": 0.10901,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8D35

secondary

#737EBB

accent

#64D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8D35

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

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