#9D973E#9D973E

#9D973E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.111 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D973E
RGB	rgb(157, 151, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 60.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, -9.50, 46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 47.47, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.0295 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.111 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8416, 29.6500, 8.9183)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D973E #3E449D

analogous

#9D683E #9D973E #739D3E

triadic

#9D973E #3E9D97 #973E9D

tetradic

#9D973E #3E9D68 #3E449D #9D3E73

square

#9D973E #3E9D68 #3E449D #9D3E73

split-complementary

#9D973E #3E739D #683E9D

monochromatic

#45431B #716D2D #9D973E #BEB85A #CFCB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#9D973E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#9D973E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D973E

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D973E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D973E	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d973e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 151, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.111 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb577',
    500: '#9d973e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d973e;
$custom-light: #bcb577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d973e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.211,
    "s": 43.379,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66354,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D973E

secondary

#7D81BA

accent

#5DD355

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D973E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →