#9D962E#9D962E

#9D962E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.122 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D962E
RGB	rgb(157, 150, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 70.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.94, -9.98, 52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.94, 53.91, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% -0.0327 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.122 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3051, 29.1790, 6.8834)
Luminance	0.2918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D962E #2E359D

analogous

#9D5E2E #9D962E #6D9D2E

triadic

#9D962E #2E9D96 #962E9D

tetradic

#9D962E #2E9D5E #2E359D #9D2E6D

square

#9D962E #2E9D5E #2E359D #9D2E6D

split-complementary

#9D962E #2E6D9D #5E2E9D

monochromatic

#3E3C12 #6E6920 #9D962E #C7BF41 #D5CF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9D962E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#9D962E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D962E

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D962E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D962E	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3911E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d962e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 150, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.122 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb46e',
    500: '#9d962e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d962e;
$custom-light: #bdb46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d962e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.216,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65984,
    "c": 0.12248,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D962E

secondary

#6A6FBD

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D962E

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

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