#9D8720#9D8720

#9D8720 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.118 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8720
RGB	rgb(157, 135, 32)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 79.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.69, -2.49, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.69, 54.18, 92.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% -0.0129 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.118 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8305, 24.6016, 4.9123)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8720 #20369D

analogous

#9D4920 #9D8720 #759D20

triadic

#9D8720 #209D87 #87209D

tetradic

#9D8720 #209D49 #20369D #9D2075

square

#9D8720 #209D49 #20369D #9D2075

split-complementary

#9D8720 #20759D #49209D

monochromatic

#37300B #6A5B16 #9D8720 #D0B32A #DDC65A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#9D8720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#9D8720 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8720

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8720	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968407

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 135, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.118 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea965',
    500: '#9d8720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8720;
$custom-light: #bea965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.44,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62579,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8720

secondary

#576AC1

accent

#5DE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8720

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

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