#9D9529#9D9529

#9D9529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.125 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9529
RGB	rgb(157, 149, 41)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 73.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, -9.70, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 55.44, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% -0.0324 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.125 105)
XYZ	xyz(25.0534, 28.8241, 6.3413)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9529 #29319D

analogous

#9D5B29 #9D9529 #6B9D29

triadic

#9D9529 #299D95 #95299D

tetradic

#9D9529 #299D5B #29319D #9D296B

square

#9D9529 #299D5B #29319D #9D296B

split-complementary

#9D9529 #296B9D #5B299D

monochromatic

#3C3910 #6C671C #9D9529 #CBC138 #D8D069

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9D9529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#9D9529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9529

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9529	1.00	3.10	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 149, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.125 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb36b',
    500: '#9d9529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9529;
$custom-light: #bdb36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 58.586,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65725,
    "c": 0.12479,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.28823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9529

secondary

#646ABE

accent

#51E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9529

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

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