#9A8521#9A8521

#9A8521 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.116 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8521
RGB	rgb(154, 133, 33)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 78.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, -2.72, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 52.96, 92.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% -0.0133 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.116 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9896, 23.7561, 4.8657)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8521 #21369A

analogous

#9A4921 #9A8521 #739A21

triadic

#9A8521 #219A85 #85219A

tetradic

#9A8521 #219A49 #21369A #9A2173

square

#9A8521 #219A49 #21369A #9A2173

split-complementary

#9A8521 #21739A #49219A

monochromatic

#352E0B #685916 #9A8521 #CCB12C #DCC55A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#9A8521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#9A8521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8521

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8521	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93820B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 133, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.116 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca865',
    500: '#9a8521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8521;
$custom-light: #bca865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61845,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8521

secondary

#5769C0

accent

#5DE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8521

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

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