#9D9D3A#9D9D3A

#9D9D3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.121 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9D3A
RGB	rgb(157, 157, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, -12.95, 50.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 51.74, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.0397 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.121 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7262, 31.5883, 8.6915)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9D3A #3A3A9D

analogous

#9D6C3A #9D9D3A #6C9D3A

triadic

#9D9D3A #3A9D9D #9D3A9D

tetradic

#9D9D3A #3A9D6C #3A3A9D #9D3A6C

square

#9D9D3A #3A9D6C #3A3A9D #9D3A6C

split-complementary

#9D9D3A #3A6C9D #6C3A9D

monochromatic

#444419 #707029 #9D9D3A #C0C054 #D0D081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#9D9D3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#9D9D3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9D3A

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9D3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9D3A	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9d3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 157, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.121 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb975',
    500: '#9d9d3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9d3a;
$custom-light: #bdb975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9d3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.047,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67658,
    "c": 0.12067,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9D3A

secondary

#7979BA

accent

#52D652

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9D3A

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

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