#9D8D52#9D8D52

#9D8D52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.081 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8D52
RGB	rgb(157, 141, 82)
HSL	hsl(47, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 48%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 47.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, -2.32, 33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 33.60, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0066 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.081 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9532, 26.8280, 11.8449)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8D52 #52629D

analogous

#9D6852 #9D8D52 #889D52

triadic

#9D8D52 #529D8D #8D529D

tetradic

#9D8D52 #529D68 #52629D #9D5288

square

#9D8D52 #529D68 #52629D #9D5288

split-complementary

#9D8D52 #52889D #68529D

monochromatic

#4D4528 #75693D #9D8D52 #B7A975 #CCC29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#9D8D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#9D8D52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8D52

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8D52	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988B4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 141, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.081 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae84',
    500: '#9d8d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8d52;
$custom-light: #bbae84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.2,
    "s": 31.381,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64419,
    "c": 0.08096,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8D52

secondary

#929AB9

accent

#76C860

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F7F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8D52

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

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