#9D9938#9D9938

#9D9938 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.118 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9938
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 64.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, -10.98, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 50.95, 102.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% -0.0344 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.118 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0106, 30.2369, 8.2068)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9938 #383C9D

analogous

#9D6738 #9D9938 #6F9D38

triadic

#9D9938 #389D99 #99389D

tetradic

#9D9938 #389D67 #383C9D #9D386F

square

#9D9938 #389D67 #383C9D #9D386F

split-complementary

#9D9938 #386F9D #67389D

monochromatic

#434118 #706D28 #9D9938 #C1BD51 #D1CE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9D9938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#9D9938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9938

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9938	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)

#A5932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.118 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb673',
    500: '#9d9938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9938;
$custom-light: #bdb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.624,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66741,
    "c": 0.11803,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9938

secondary

#7679BA

accent

#56D751

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9938

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

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