#9A8422#9A8422

#9A8422 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.115 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8422
RGB	rgb(154, 132, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 77.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, -2.13, 52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 52.33, 92.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.0115 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.115 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8676, 23.4893, 4.8951)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8422 #22389A

analogous

#9A4822 #9A8422 #749A22

triadic

#9A8422 #229A84 #84229A

tetradic

#9A8422 #229A48 #22389A #9A2274

square

#9A8422 #229A48 #22389A #9A2274

split-complementary

#9A8422 #22749A #48229A

monochromatic

#362E0C #685917 #9A8422 #CCAF2D #DBC45B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#9A8422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#9A8422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8422

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8422	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92810E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 132, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.115 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca765',
    500: '#9a8422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8422;
$custom-light: #bca765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61633,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8422

secondary

#586BBF

accent

#5FE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8422

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

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