#9A8522#9A8522

#9A8522 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.116 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8522
RGB	rgb(154, 133, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 77.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, -2.68, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 52.61, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% -0.0131 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.116 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0038, 23.7618, 4.9406)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8522 #22379A

analogous

#9A4922 #9A8522 #739A22

triadic

#9A8522 #229A85 #85229A

tetradic

#9A8522 #229A49 #22379A #9A2273

square

#9A8522 #229A49 #22379A #9A2273

split-complementary

#9A8522 #22739A #49229A

monochromatic

#362E0C #685A17 #9A8522 #CCB02D #DBC55B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#9A8522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#9A8522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8522

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8522	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)

#93820E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 133, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.116 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca865',
    500: '#9a8522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8522;
$custom-light: #bca865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61851,
    "c": 0.11564,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8522

secondary

#586ABF

accent

#5EE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8522

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

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