#9D9638#9D9638

#9D9638 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.115 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9638
RGB	rgb(157, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 64.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, -9.38, 48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 49.76, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% -0.0299 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.115 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5257, 29.2672, 8.0452)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9638 #383F9D

analogous

#9D6438 #9D9638 #729D38

triadic

#9D9638 #389D96 #96389D

tetradic

#9D9638 #389D64 #383F9D #9D3872

square

#9D9638 #389D64 #383F9D #9D3872

split-complementary

#9D9638 #38729D #64389D

monochromatic

#434018 #706B28 #9D9638 #C1B951 #D1CB7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#9D9638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#9D9638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9638

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9638	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.115 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb473',
    500: '#9d9638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9638;
$custom-light: #bdb473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.842,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66071,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9638

secondary

#767BBA

accent

#5AD751

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9638

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

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