#9D8420#9D8420

#9D8420 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.116 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8420
RGB	rgb(157, 132, 32)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 79.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, -0.83, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 53.38, 90.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% -0.0082 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.116 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4179, 23.7762, 4.7747)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8420 #20399D

analogous

#9D4620 #9D8420 #789D20

triadic

#9D8420 #209D84 #84209D

tetradic

#9D8420 #209D46 #20399D #9D2078

square

#9D8420 #209D46 #20399D #9D2078

split-complementary

#9D8420 #20789D #46209D

monochromatic

#372F0B #6A5916 #9D8420 #D0AF2A #DDC35A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#9D8420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#9D8420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8420

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8420	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938209

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 132, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.116 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea764',
    500: '#9d8420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8420;
$custom-light: #bea764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61929,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8420

secondary

#576DC1

accent

#61E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8420

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

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