#9D9733#9D9733

#9D9733 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.120 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9733
RGB	rgb(157, 151, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 67.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, -10.23, 51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 52.28, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% -0.0328 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.12 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5697, 29.5412, 7.4865)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9733 #33399D

analogous

#9D6233 #9D9733 #6E9D33

triadic

#9D9733 #339D97 #97339D

tetradic

#9D9733 #339D62 #33399D #9D336E

square

#9D9733 #339D62 #33399D #9D336E

split-complementary

#9D9733 #336E9D #62339D

monochromatic

#413E15 #6F6B24 #9D9733 #C4BD49 #D3CE77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#9D9733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#9D9733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9733

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9733	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 151, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.120 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb570',
    500: '#9d9733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9733;
$custom-light: #bdb570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.604,
    "s": 50.962,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66249,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9733

secondary

#7075BB

accent

#55DA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9733

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

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