#9E8020#9E8020

#9E8020 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.114 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8020
RGB	rgb(158, 128, 32)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 79.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 1.86, 52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 52.55, 87.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.18% -0.0006 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(61.18% 0.114 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0818, 22.8132, 4.6065)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8020 #203E9E

analogous

#9E4120 #9E8020 #7D9E20

triadic

#9E8020 #209E80 #80209E

tetradic

#9E8020 #209E41 #203E9E #9E207D

square

#9E8020 #209E41 #203E9E #9E207D

split-complementary

#9E8020 #207D9E #41209E

monochromatic

#382E0B #6B5716 #9E8020 #D1A92A #DEBF5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#9E8020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#9E8020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8020

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8020	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC746E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 128, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.114 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa464',
    500: '#9e8020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8020;
$custom-light: #bfa464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61177,
    "c": 0.11421,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8020

secondary

#5871C2

accent

#67E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8020

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

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