#9D8B20#9D8B20

#9D8B20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.121 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8B20
RGB	rgb(157, 139, 32)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 79.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -4.68, 55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 55.32, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0191 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.121 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3992, 25.7388, 5.1018)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8B20 #20329D

analogous

#9D4D20 #9D8B20 #719D20

triadic

#9D8B20 #209D8B #8B209D

tetradic

#9D8B20 #209D4D #20329D #9D2071

square

#9D8B20 #209D4D #20329D #9D2071

split-complementary

#9D8B20 #20719D #4D209D

monochromatic

#37310B #6A5E16 #9D8B20 #D0B82A #DDCA5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9D8B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9D8B20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8B20

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8B20	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998705

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 139, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.121 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beac65',
    500: '#9d8b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8b20;
$custom-light: #beac65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63453,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8B20

secondary

#5767C1

accent

#57E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8B20

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

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