#9A8622#9A8622

#9A8622 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.116 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8622
RGB	rgb(154, 134, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 77.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, -3.23, 52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 52.90, 93.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.0147 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.116 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1414, 24.0369, 4.9864)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8622 #22369A

analogous

#9A4A22 #9A8622 #729A22

triadic

#9A8622 #229A86 #86229A

tetradic

#9A8622 #229A4A #22369A #9A2272

square

#9A8622 #229A4A #22369A #9A2272

split-complementary

#9A8622 #22729A #4A229A

monochromatic

#362F0C #685A17 #9A8622 #CCB22D #DBC65B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#9A8622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#9A8622 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8622

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8622	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94830D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 134, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.116 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca866',
    500: '#9a8622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8622;
$custom-light: #bca866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6207,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8622

secondary

#586ABF

accent

#5DE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8622

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

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