#9D8920#9D8920

#9D8920 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.120 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8920
RGB	rgb(157, 137, 32)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 79.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, -3.59, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 54.74, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.016 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.12 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1122, 25.1649, 5.0062)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8920 #20349D

analogous

#9D4B20 #9D8920 #739D20

triadic

#9D8920 #209D89 #89209D

tetradic

#9D8920 #209D4B #20349D #9D2073

square

#9D8920 #209D4B #20349D #9D2073

split-complementary

#9D8920 #20739D #4B209D

monochromatic

#37300B #6A5D16 #9D8920 #D0B52A #DDC85A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#9D8920 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#9D8920 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8920

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8920	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8920	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978606

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8920;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 137, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.120 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab65',
    500: '#9d8920',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8920;
$custom-light: #beab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8920",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63015,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8920

secondary

#5768C1

accent

#5AE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8920

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

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