#9D8E27#9D8E27

#9D8E27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.120 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8E27
RGB	rgb(157, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 75.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.66, -6.02, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.66, 53.79, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% -0.0222 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.12 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9450, 26.6617, 5.8040)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8E27 #27369D

analogous

#9D5327 #9D8E27 #719D27

triadic

#9D8E27 #279D8E #8E279D

tetradic

#9D8E27 #279D53 #27369D #9D2771

square

#9D8E27 #279D53 #27369D #9D2771

split-complementary

#9D8E27 #27719D #53279D

monochromatic

#3B350F #6C621B #9D8E27 #CDB935 #D9CA66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9D8E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#9D8E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8E27

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8E27	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.120 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae69',
    500: '#9d8e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8e27;
$custom-light: #bdae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.373,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64158,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8E27

secondary

#616DBF

accent

#59E344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8E27

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

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