#9D8D53#9D8D53

#9D8D53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.080 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8D53
RGB	rgb(157, 141, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 47%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 47.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, -2.22, 33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 33.08, 93.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0062 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.08 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9916, 26.8434, 12.0468)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8D53 #53639D

analogous

#9D6853 #9D8D53 #889D53

triadic

#9D8D53 #539D8D #8D539D

tetradic

#9D8D53 #539D68 #53639D #9D5388

square

#9D8D53 #539D68 #53639D #9D5388

split-complementary

#9D8D53 #53889D #68539D

monochromatic

#4D4529 #75693E #9D8D53 #B7A976 #CCC29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#9D8D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#9D8D53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8D53

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8D53	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)

#988B4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 141, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.080 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae84',
    500: '#9d8d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8d53;
$custom-light: #bbae84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 30.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64435,
    "c": 0.07984,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8D53

secondary

#939BB9

accent

#77C761

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8D53

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

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