#9D8A20#9D8A20

#9D8A20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.121 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A20
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 32)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 79.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, -4.14, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 55.02, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.0176 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.121 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2550, 25.4505, 5.0538)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A20 #20339D

analogous

#9D4C20 #9D8A20 #729D20

triadic

#9D8A20 #209D8A #8A209D

tetradic

#9D8A20 #209D4C #20339D #9D2072

square

#9D8A20 #209D4C #20339D #9D2072

split-complementary

#9D8A20 #20729D #4C209D

monochromatic

#37310B #6A5D16 #9D8A20 #D0B72A #DDC95A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9D8A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#9D8A20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A20

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A20	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988605

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.121 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab65',
    500: '#9d8a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a20;
$custom-light: #beab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.88,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63234,
    "c": 0.1206,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A20

secondary

#5767C1

accent

#59E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A20

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

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