#9D9840#9D9840

#9D9840 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.110 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9840
RGB	rgb(157, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 59.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.65, -9.88, 45.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.65, 46.96, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% -0.0303 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.11 106)
XYZ	xyz(26.0591, 29.9956, 9.2665)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9840 #40459D

analogous

#9D6940 #9D9840 #739D40

triadic

#9D9840 #409D98 #98409D

tetradic

#9D9840 #409D69 #40459D #9D4073

square

#9D9840 #409D69 #40459D #9D4073

split-complementary

#9D9840 #40739D #69409D

monochromatic

#46441D #726E2E #9D9840 #BDB85D #CFCB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#9D9840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#9D9840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9840

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9840	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.110 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb678',
    500: '#9d9840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9840;
$custom-light: #bcb678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.774,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66599,
    "c": 0.11015,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.29995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9840

secondary

#7F82B9

accent

#5DD256

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9840

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

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