#9A8424#9A8424

#9A8424 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.114 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8424
RGB	rgb(154, 132, 36)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 76.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.58, -2.04, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.58, 51.60, 92.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% -0.0111 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.114 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8973, 23.5011, 5.0515)
Luminance	0.2350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8424 #243A9A

analogous

#9A4924 #9A8424 #759A24

triadic

#9A8424 #249A84 #84249A

tetradic

#9A8424 #249A49 #243A9A #9A2475

square

#9A8424 #249A49 #243A9A #9A2475

split-complementary

#9A8424 #24759A #49249A

monochromatic

#372F0D #685918 #9A8424 #CCAF30 #DAC35F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#9A8424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#9A8424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8424

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8424	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	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)

#928112

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 132, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.114 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca766',
    500: '#9a8424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8424;
$custom-light: #bca766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61646,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8424

secondary

#5B6EBF

accent

#61E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8424

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

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