#9D8620#9D8620

#9D8620 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.118 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8620
RGB	rgb(157, 134, 32)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 79.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, -1.94, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 53.91, 92.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% -0.0114 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.118 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6917, 24.3239, 4.8660)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8620 #20379D

analogous

#9D4820 #9D8620 #769D20

triadic

#9D8620 #209D86 #86209D

tetradic

#9D8620 #209D48 #20379D #9D2076

square

#9D8620 #209D48 #20379D #9D2076

split-complementary

#9D8620 #20769D #48209D

monochromatic

#372F0B #6A5B16 #9D8620 #D0B12A #DDC55A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#9D8620 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#9D8620 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8620

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8620	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8620	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958308

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8620;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 134, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.118 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea865',
    500: '#9d8620',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8620;
$custom-light: #bea865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8620",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.96,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62362,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8620

secondary

#576BC1

accent

#5EE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8620

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

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