#9A8721#9A8721

#9A8721 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.118 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8721
RGB	rgb(154, 135, 33)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 78.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, -3.82, 53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 53.54, 94.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% -0.0165 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.118 98)
XYZ	xyz(22.2661, 24.3089, 4.9578)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8721 #21349A

analogous

#9A4B21 #9A8721 #719A21

triadic

#9A8721 #219A87 #87219A

tetradic

#9A8721 #219A4B #21349A #9A2171

square

#9A8721 #219A4B #21349A #9A2171

split-complementary

#9A8721 #21719A #4B219A

monochromatic

#352F0B #685B16 #9A8721 #CCB32C #DCC75A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#9A8721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#9A8721 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8721

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8721	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95840A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 135, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.118 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca965',
    500: '#9a8721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8721;
$custom-light: #bca965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.579,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62283,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.24308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8721

secondary

#5767C0

accent

#5AE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8721

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

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