#9A8823#9A8823

#9A8823 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.117 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8823
RGB	rgb(154, 136, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 77.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, -4.29, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 53.13, 94.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.0176 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.117 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4351, 24.6008, 5.1565)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8823 #23359A

analogous

#9A4C23 #9A8823 #719A23

triadic

#9A8823 #239A88 #88239A

tetradic

#9A8823 #239A4C #23359A #9A2371

square

#9A8823 #239A4C #23359A #9A2371

split-complementary

#9A8823 #23719A #4C239A

monochromatic

#36300C #685C18 #9A8823 #CCB42E #DAC75D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#9A8823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#9A8823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8823

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8823	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96840E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 136, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.117 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbaa66',
    500: '#9a8823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8823;
$custom-light: #bbaa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.924,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62515,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8823

secondary

#5A69BF

accent

#5BE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8823

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

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