#9D9231#9D9231

#9D9231 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.117 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9231
RGB	rgb(157, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 68.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, -7.67, 50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 51.23, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0258 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.117 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7389, 27.9486, 6.9966)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9231 #313C9D

analogous

#9D5C31 #9D9231 #729D31

triadic

#9D9231 #319D92 #92319D

tetradic

#9D9231 #319D5C #313C9D #9D3172

square

#9D9231 #319D5C #313C9D #9D3172

split-complementary

#9D9231 #31729D #5C319D

monochromatic

#403B14 #6E6722 #9D9231 #C5B846 #D4CA75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#9D9231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#9D9231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9231

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9231	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9887E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.117 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb16f',
    500: '#9d9231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9231;
$custom-light: #bdb16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.889,
    "s": 52.427,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65119,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9231

secondary

#6E76BC

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9231

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

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