#9D9937#9D9937

#9D9937 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.119 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9937
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 65%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, -11.04, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 51.38, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% -0.0347 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.119 107)
XYZ	xyz(25.9864, 30.2272, 8.0793)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9937 #373B9D

analogous

#9D6637 #9D9937 #6E9D37

triadic

#9D9937 #379D99 #99379D

tetradic

#9D9937 #379D66 #373B9D #9D376E

square

#9D9937 #379D66 #373B9D #9D376E

split-complementary

#9D9937 #376E9D #66379D

monochromatic

#424117 #706D27 #9D9937 #C2BD50 #D1CE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9D9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#9D9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9937

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9937	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)

#A6932A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.119 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb673',
    500: '#9d9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9937;
$custom-light: #bdb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.647,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66732,
    "c": 0.11882,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.30226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9937

secondary

#7578BB

accent

#55D850

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9937

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

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