#9F8420#9F8420

#9F8420 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.117 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8420
RGB	rgb(159, 132, 32)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 79.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, 0.09, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 53.63, 89.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% -0.0057 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.117 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8114, 23.9791, 4.7932)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8420 #203B9F

analogous

#9F4420 #9F8420 #7B9F20

triadic

#9F8420 #209F84 #84209F

tetradic

#9F8420 #209F44 #203B9F #9F207B

square

#9F8420 #209F44 #203B9F #9F207B

split-complementary

#9F8420 #207B9F #44209F

monochromatic

#392F0B #6C5A16 #9F8420 #D2AE2A #DEC25B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#9F8420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#9F8420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8420

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8420	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938209

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 132, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.117 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa764',
    500: '#9f8420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8420;
$custom-light: #bfa764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.244,
    "s": 66.492,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62138,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8420

secondary

#596FC2

accent

#63E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8420

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

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