#9D8E20#9D8E20

#9D8E20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.124 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8E20
RGB	rgb(157, 142, 32)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 79.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, -6.32, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 56.22, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0237 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.124 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8395, 26.6195, 5.2486)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8E20 #202F9D

analogous

#9D5020 #9D8E20 #6E9D20

triadic

#9D8E20 #209D8E #8E209D

tetradic

#9D8E20 #209D50 #202F9D #9D206E

square

#9D8E20 #209D50 #202F9D #9D206E

split-complementary

#9D8E20 #206E9D #50209D

monochromatic

#37320B #6A6016 #9D8E20 #D0BC2A #DDCE5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9D8E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#9D8E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8E20

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8E20	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 142, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.124 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae66',
    500: '#9d8e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8e20;
$custom-light: #beae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64114,
    "c": 0.12376,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8E20

secondary

#5764C1

accent

#53E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8E20

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

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