#9F8620#9F8620

#9F8620 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.118 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F8620
RGB	rgb(159, 134, 32)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 79.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, -1.02, 54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 54.14, 91.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.0089 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.118 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0852, 24.5268, 4.8844)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F8620 #20399F

analogous

#9F4720 #9F8620 #789F20

triadic

#9F8620 #209F86 #86209F

tetradic

#9F8620 #209F47 #20399F #9F2078

square

#9F8620 #209F47 #20399F #9F2078

split-complementary

#9F8620 #20789F #47209F

monochromatic

#39300B #6C5B16 #9F8620 #D2B12A #DEC45B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#9F8620 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#9F8620 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F8620

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F8620	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F8620	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958308

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f8620;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 134, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.118 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa865',
    500: '#9f8620',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f8620;
$custom-light: #bfa865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f8620",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.189,
    "s": 66.492,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62568,
    "c": 0.11795,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F8620

secondary

#596DC2

accent

#60E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F8620

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

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