#9D8F27#9D8F27

#9D8F27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.121 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8F27
RGB	rgb(157, 143, 39)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 75.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -6.56, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 54.12, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% -0.0238 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.121 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0944, 26.9606, 5.8538)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8F27 #27359D

analogous

#9D5427 #9D8F27 #709D27

triadic

#9D8F27 #279D8F #8F279D

tetradic

#9D8F27 #279D54 #27359D #9D2770

square

#9D8F27 #279D54 #27359D #9D2770

split-complementary

#9D8F27 #27709D #54279D

monochromatic

#3B360F #6C621B #9D8F27 #CDBB35 #D9CB66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#9D8F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#9D8F27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8F27

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8F27	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 143, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.121 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdaf69',
    500: '#9d8f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8f27;
$custom-light: #bdaf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64378,
    "c": 0.12064,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8F27

secondary

#616CBF

accent

#57E344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8F27

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

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