#9D8520#9D8520

#9D8520 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.117 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8520
RGB	rgb(157, 133, 32)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 79.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, -1.38, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 53.64, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% -0.0098 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.117 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5541, 24.0487, 4.8201)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8520 #20389D

analogous

#9D4720 #9D8520 #779D20

triadic

#9D8520 #209D85 #85209D

tetradic

#9D8520 #209D47 #20389D #9D2077

square

#9D8520 #209D47 #20389D #9D2077

split-complementary

#9D8520 #20779D #47209D

monochromatic

#372F0B #6A5A16 #9D8520 #D0B02A #DDC45A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#9D8520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#9D8520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8520

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8520	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948209

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 133, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.117 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea865',
    500: '#9d8520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8520;
$custom-light: #bea865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.48,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62145,
    "c": 0.11705,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8520

secondary

#576CC1

accent

#5FE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8520

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

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