#9A8722#9A8722

#9A8722 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.117 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8722
RGB	rgb(154, 135, 34)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 77.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, -3.78, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 53.19, 94.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.0162 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.117 98)
XYZ	xyz(22.2803, 24.3146, 5.0327)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8722 #22359A

analogous

#9A4B22 #9A8722 #719A22

triadic

#9A8722 #229A87 #87229A

tetradic

#9A8722 #229A4B #22359A #9A2271

square

#9A8722 #229A4B #22359A #9A2271

split-complementary

#9A8722 #22719A #4B229A

monochromatic

#362F0C #685B17 #9A8722 #CCB32D #DBC75B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#9A8722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#9A8722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8722

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8722	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)

#95840D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 135, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.117 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca966',
    500: '#9a8722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8722;
$custom-light: #bca966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62289,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.24313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8722

secondary

#5869BF

accent

#5BE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8722

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

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