#9D9237#9D9237

#9D9237 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.112 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9237
RGB	rgb(157, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 65%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, -7.30, 48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 48.66, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% -0.0241 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.112 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8741, 28.0027, 7.7085)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9237 #37429D

analogous

#9D5F37 #9D9237 #759D37

triadic

#9D9237 #379D92 #92379D

tetradic

#9D9237 #379D5F #37429D #9D3775

square

#9D9237 #379D5F #37429D #9D3775

split-complementary

#9D9237 #37759D #5F379D

monochromatic

#423E17 #706827 #9D9237 #C2B550 #D1C87D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#9D9237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#9D9237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9237

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9237	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.112 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb172',
    500: '#9d9237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9237;
$custom-light: #bdb172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.529,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65173,
    "c": 0.11189,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9237

secondary

#757DBB

accent

#5FD850

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F5ED

border

#D0CFC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9237

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

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