#9D942E#9D942E

#9D942E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.121 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D942E
RGB	rgb(157, 148, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 70.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, -8.91, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 53.18, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% -0.0296 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.121 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9887, 28.5461, 6.7779)
Luminance	0.2854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D942E #2E379D

analogous

#9D5C2E #9D942E #6F9D2E

triadic

#9D942E #2E9D94 #942E9D

tetradic

#9D942E #2E9D5C #2E379D #9D2E6F

square

#9D942E #2E9D5C #2E379D #9D2E6F

split-complementary

#9D942E #2E6F9D #5C2E9D

monochromatic

#3E3B12 #6E6720 #9D942E #C7BC41 #D5CD70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#9D942E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#9D942E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D942E

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D942E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D942E	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d942e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 148, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.121 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb36d',
    500: '#9d942e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d942e;
$custom-light: #bdb36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d942e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65538,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D942E

secondary

#6A71BD

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D942E

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

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