#9D8D41#9D8D41

#9D8D41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.098 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8D41
RGB	rgb(157, 141, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 58.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, -3.86, 41.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 42.17, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.013 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.098 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3846, 26.6006, 8.8500)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8D41 #41519D

analogous

#9D5F41 #9D8D41 #7F9D41

triadic

#9D8D41 #419D8D #8D419D

tetradic

#9D8D41 #419D5F #41519D #9D417F

square

#9D8D41 #419D5F #41519D #9D417F

split-complementary

#9D8D41 #417F9D #5F419D

monochromatic

#463F1D #72662F #9D8D41 #BDAC5F #CFC38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9D8D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#9D8D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8D41

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8D41	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)

#9A8A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 141, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.098 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae78',
    500: '#9d8d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8d41;
$custom-light: #bcae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 41.441,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64183,
    "c": 0.09849,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8D41

secondary

#808AB9

accent

#6CD157

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8D41

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

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