#9F8020#9F8020

#9F8020 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.114 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8020
RGB	rgb(159, 128, 32)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 79.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, 2.32, 52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 52.70, 87.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% 0.0006 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.114 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2793, 22.9150, 4.6158)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8020 #203F9F

analogous

#9F4020 #9F8020 #7F9F20

triadic

#9F8020 #209F80 #80209F

tetradic

#9F8020 #209F40 #203F9F #9F207F

square

#9F8020 #209F40 #203F9F #9F207F

split-complementary

#9F8020 #207F9F #40209F

monochromatic

#392E0B #6C5716 #9F8020 #D2A92A #DEBE5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#9F8020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#9F8020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8020

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8020	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD746E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 128, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.114 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a464',
    500: '#9f8020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8020;
$custom-light: #c0a464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.354,
    "s": 66.492,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61284,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8020

secondary

#5972C2

accent

#68E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8020

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

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