#9D8D40#9D8D40

#9D8D40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.099 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8D40
RGB	rgb(157, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 59.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, -3.93, 42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 42.65, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.0133 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.099 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3559, 26.5891, 8.6988)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8D40 #40509D

analogous

#9D5E40 #9D8D40 #7E9D40

triadic

#9D8D40 #409D8D #8D409D

tetradic

#9D8D40 #409D5E #40509D #9D407E

square

#9D8D40 #409D5E #40509D #9D407E

split-complementary

#9D8D40 #407E9D #5E409D

monochromatic

#463F1D #72662E #9D8D40 #BDAD5D #CFC389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9D8D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#9D8D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8D40

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8D40	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.099 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae78',
    500: '#9d8d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8d40;
$custom-light: #bcae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.677,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64171,
    "c": 0.09943,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8D40

secondary

#7F89B9

accent

#6BD256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8D40

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

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