#9D9A42#9D9A42

#9D9A42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.110 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9A42
RGB	rgb(157, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 58%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.23, -10.79, 45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.23, 46.87, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% -0.0327 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.11 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4444, 30.6734, 9.6808)
Luminance	0.3067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9A42 #42459D

analogous

#9D6C42 #9D9A42 #729D42

triadic

#9D9A42 #429D9A #9A429D

tetradic

#9D9A42 #429D6C #42459D #9D4272

square

#9D9A42 #429D6C #42459D #9D4272

split-complementary

#9D9A42 #42729D #6C429D

monochromatic

#47451E #727030 #9D9A42 #BCB960 #CECC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#9D9A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#9D9A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9A42

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9A42	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.110 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb77a',
    500: '#9d9a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9a42;
$custom-light: #bcb77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.022,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67067,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9A42

secondary

#8283B9

accent

#5BD157

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9A42

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

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