#9D8820#9D8820

#9D8820 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.119 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8820
RGB	rgb(157, 136, 32)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 79.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, -3.04, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 54.45, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% -0.0145 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.119 97)
XYZ	xyz(22.9707, 24.8819, 4.9590)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8820 #20359D

analogous

#9D4A20 #9D8820 #749D20

triadic

#9D8820 #209D88 #88209D

tetradic

#9D8820 #209D4A #20359D #9D2074

square

#9D8820 #209D4A #20359D #9D2074

split-complementary

#9D8820 #20749D #4A209D

monochromatic

#37300B #6A5C16 #9D8820 #D0B42A #DDC75A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#9D8820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#9D8820 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8820

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8820	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978507

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 136, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.119 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beaa65',
    500: '#9d8820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8820;
$custom-light: #beaa65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62797,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.24881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8820

secondary

#5769C1

accent

#5BE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8820

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

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