#9D9155#9D9155

#9D9155 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.081 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9155
RGB	rgb(157, 145, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 45.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, -4.20, 33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 33.61, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% -0.0117 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.081 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6704, 28.0757, 12.6595)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9155 #55619D

analogous

#9D6D55 #9D9155 #859D55

triadic

#9D9155 #559D91 #91559D

tetradic

#9D9155 #559D6D #55619D #9D5585

square

#9D9155 #559D6D #55619D #9D5585

split-complementary

#9D9155 #55859D #6D559D

monochromatic

#4E482A #756C40 #9D9155 #B6AC79 #CCC5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#9D9155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#9D9155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9155

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9155	1.00	3.17	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 145, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.081 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb186',
    500: '#9d9155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9155;
$custom-light: #bbb186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 29.752,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65336,
    "c": 0.08136,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9155

secondary

#959BB9

accent

#73C662

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9155

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

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