#9D973F#9D973F

#9D973F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.110 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D973F
RGB	rgb(157, 151, 63)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 59.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, -9.42, 46.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 47.01, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% -0.0292 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.11 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8693, 29.6611, 9.0641)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D973F #3F459D

analogous

#9D683F #9D973F #749D3F

triadic

#9D973F #3F9D97 #973F9D

tetradic

#9D973F #3F9D68 #3F459D #9D3F74

square

#9D973F #3F9D68 #3F459D #9D3F74

split-complementary

#9D973F #3F749D #683F9D

monochromatic

#46431C #716D2D #9D973F #BDB75C #CFCA87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#9D973F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#9D973F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D973F

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D973F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D973F	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)

#A39235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d973f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 151, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.110 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb578',
    500: '#9d973f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d973f;
$custom-light: #bcb578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d973f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 42.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66365,
    "c": 0.11001,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D973F

secondary

#7E82BA

accent

#5DD355

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D973F

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

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