#9B8020#9B8020

#9B8020 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.114 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8020
RGB	rgb(155, 128, 32)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 79.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, 0.48, 52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 52.12, 89.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% -0.0044 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.114 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4987, 22.5125, 4.5792)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8020 #203B9B

analogous

#9B4320 #9B8020 #799B20

triadic

#9B8020 #209B80 #80209B

tetradic

#9B8020 #209B43 #203B9B #9B2079

square

#9B8020 #209B43 #203B9B #9B2079

split-complementary

#9B8020 #20799B #43209B

monochromatic

#362C0B #685616 #9B8020 #CEAA2A #DDC059

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#9B8020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#9B8020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8020

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8020	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8756E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 128, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.114 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda464',
    500: '#9b8020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8020;
$custom-light: #bda464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60858,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8020

secondary

#566EC1

accent

#64E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F3EB

border

#D1CDC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8020

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

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