#9A8221#9A8221

#9A8221 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.114 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8221
RGB	rgb(154, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 78.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, -1.06, 52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 52.14, 91.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% -0.0086 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.114 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5848, 22.9463, 4.7307)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8221 #21399A

analogous

#9A4621 #9A8221 #769A21

triadic

#9A8221 #219A82 #82219A

tetradic

#9A8221 #219A46 #21399A #9A2176

square

#9A8221 #219A46 #21399A #9A2176

split-complementary

#9A8221 #21769A #46219A

monochromatic

#352D0B #685716 #9A8221 #CCAD2C #DCC25A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#9A8221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#9A8221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8221

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8221	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#917F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7776F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.114 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca565',
    500: '#9a8221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8221;
$custom-light: #bca565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.099,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61192,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8221

secondary

#576CC0

accent

#61E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8221

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

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