#9F8320#9F8320

#9F8320 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.116 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8320
RGB	rgb(159, 131, 32)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 79.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.80, 0.65, 53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.80, 53.39, 89.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% -0.0041 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.116 92)
XYZ	xyz(22.6764, 23.7092, 4.7482)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8320 #203C9F

analogous

#9F4420 #9F8320 #7B9F20

triadic

#9F8320 #209F83 #83209F

tetradic

#9F8320 #209F44 #203C9F #9F207B

square

#9F8320 #209F44 #203C9F #9F207B

split-complementary

#9F8320 #207B9F #44209F

monochromatic

#392F0B #6C5916 #9F8320 #D2AD2A #DEC15B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#9F8320 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#9F8320 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8320

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8320	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8320	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92810A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8320;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 131, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.116 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a664',
    500: '#9f8320',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8320;
$custom-light: #c0a664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8320",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.772,
    "s": 66.492,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61923,
    "c": 0.11611,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.23708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8320

secondary

#5970C2

accent

#64E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8320

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

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