#9A8524#9A8524

#9A8524 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.114 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8524
RGB	rgb(154, 133, 36)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 76.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, -2.59, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 51.88, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.0127 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.114 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.0335, 23.7736, 5.0969)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8524 #24399A

analogous

#9A4A24 #9A8524 #749A24

triadic

#9A8524 #249A85 #85249A

tetradic

#9A8524 #249A4A #24399A #9A2474

square

#9A8524 #249A4A #24399A #9A2474

split-complementary

#9A8524 #24749A #4A249A

monochromatic

#372F0D #685A18 #9A8524 #CCB030 #DAC45F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#9A8524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#9A8524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8524

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8524	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)

#938212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 133, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.114 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba866',
    500: '#9a8524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8524;
$custom-light: #bba866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61865,
    "c": 0.11446,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8524

secondary

#5B6DBF

accent

#60E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8524

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

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