#9D8E1E#9D8E1E

#9D8E1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.125 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8E1E
RGB	rgb(157, 142, 30)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 80.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, -6.39, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 56.86, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% -0.0241 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.125 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8131, 26.6090, 5.1098)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8E1E #1E2D9D

analogous

#9D4E1E #9D8E1E #6D9D1E

triadic

#9D8E1E #1E9D8E #8E1E9D

tetradic

#9D8E1E #1E9D4E #1E2D9D #9D1E6D

square

#9D8E1E #1E9D4E #1E2D9D #9D1E6D

split-complementary

#9D8E1E #1E6D9D #4E1E9D

monochromatic

#36310A #6A6014 #9D8E1E #D0BC28 #DFCF57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9D8E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#9D8E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8E1E

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8E1E	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)

#9C8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 142, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.125 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae65',
    500: '#9d8e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8e1e;
$custom-light: #beae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64103,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8E1E

secondary

#5461C2

accent

#52EB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8E1E

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

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