#9A8520#9A8520

#9A8520 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.117 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8520
RGB	rgb(154, 133, 32)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 79.2%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, -2.76, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 53.31, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0135 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.117 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9758, 23.7506, 4.7930)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8520 #20359A

analogous

#9A4820 #9A8520 #729A20

triadic

#9A8520 #209A85 #85209A

tetradic

#9A8520 #209A48 #20359A #9A2072

square

#9A8520 #209A48 #20359A #9A2072

split-complementary

#9A8520 #20729A #48209A

monochromatic

#352D0B #675915 #9A8520 #CDB12B #DCC658

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#9A8520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#9A8520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8520

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8520	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938209

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 133, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.117 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca864',
    500: '#9a8520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8520;
$custom-light: #bca864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 65.591,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61839,
    "c": 0.11676,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8520

secondary

#5668C0

accent

#5CE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8520

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

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