#9D9853#9D9853

#9D9853 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.091 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9853
RGB	rgb(157, 152, 83)
HSL	hsl(56, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 47%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 47.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.87, -8.20, 36.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.87, 37.66, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% -0.0234 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.091 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6948, 30.2498, 12.6145)
Luminance	0.3025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9853 #53589D

analogous

#9D7353 #9D9853 #7D9D53

triadic

#9D9853 #539D98 #98539D

tetradic

#9D9853 #539D73 #53589D #9D537D

square

#9D9853 #539D73 #53589D #9D537D

split-complementary

#9D9853 #537D9D #73539D

monochromatic

#4D4A29 #75713E #9D9853 #B7B276 #CCC99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9D9853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#9D9853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9853

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9853	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3944D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 152, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.091 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb685',
    500: '#9d9853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9853;
$custom-light: #bbb685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.946,
    "s": 30.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66843,
    "c": 0.09105,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9853

secondary

#9395B9

accent

#68C761

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#12110B

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9853

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

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