#9D9342#9D9342

#9D9342 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.103 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9342
RGB	rgb(157, 147, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 58%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, -7.04, 43.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 43.98, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% -0.022 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.103 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3226, 28.4298, 9.3068)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9342 #424C9D

analogous

#9D6542 #9D9342 #799D42

triadic

#9D9342 #429D93 #93429D

tetradic

#9D9342 #429D65 #424C9D #9D4279

square

#9D9342 #429D65 #424C9D #9D4279

split-complementary

#9D9342 #42799D #65429D

monochromatic

#47421E #726B30 #9D9342 #BCB260 #CEC78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#9D9342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#9D9342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9342

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9342	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 147, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.103 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb279',
    500: '#9d9342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9342;
$custom-light: #bcb279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.407,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65512,
    "c": 0.10318,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9342

secondary

#8288B9

accent

#64D157

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F5EE

border

#D0CFC9

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9342

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

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