#9F8520#9F8520

#9F8520 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.117 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8520
RGB	rgb(159, 133, 32)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 79.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, -0.46, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 53.88, 90.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.0073 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.117 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9476, 24.2516, 4.8386)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8520 #203A9F

analogous

#9F4620 #9F8520 #799F20

triadic

#9F8520 #209F85 #85209F

tetradic

#9F8520 #209F46 #203A9F #9F2079

square

#9F8520 #209F46 #203A9F #9F2079

split-complementary

#9F8520 #20799F #46209F

monochromatic

#39300B #6C5A16 #9F8520 #D2B02A #DEC35B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#9F8520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#9F8520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8520

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8520	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948308

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 133, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.117 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa865',
    500: '#9f8520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8520;
$custom-light: #bfa865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.717,
    "s": 66.492,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62352,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8520

secondary

#596EC2

accent

#61E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8520

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

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