#9D9520#9D9520

#9D9520 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.130 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9520
RGB	rgb(157, 149, 32)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 79.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, -10.08, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 58.50, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% -0.0343 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.13 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9139, 28.7683, 5.6067)
Luminance	0.2877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9520 #20289D

analogous

#9D5720 #9D9520 #679D20

triadic

#9D9520 #209D95 #95209D

tetradic

#9D9520 #209D57 #20289D #9D2067

square

#9D9520 #209D57 #20289D #9D2067

split-complementary

#9D9520 #20679D #57209D

monochromatic

#37350B #6A6516 #9D9520 #D0C52A #DDD55A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#9D9520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#9D9520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9520

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9520	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6942A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 149, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.130 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb367',
    500: '#9d9520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9520;
$custom-light: #beb367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.16,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65669,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9520

secondary

#575EC1

accent

#4AE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9520

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

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