#9A8824#9A8824

#9A8824 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.117 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8824
RGB	rgb(154, 136, 36)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 76.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.69, -4.25, 52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.69, 52.77, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.0173 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.117 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4501, 24.6069, 5.2358)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8824 #24369A

analogous

#9A4D24 #9A8824 #719A24

triadic

#9A8824 #249A88 #88249A

tetradic

#9A8824 #249A4D #24369A #9A2471

square

#9A8824 #249A4D #24369A #9A2471

split-complementary

#9A8824 #24719A #4D249A

monochromatic

#37300D #685C18 #9A8824 #CCB430 #DAC75F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#9A8824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#9A8824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8824

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8824	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)

#968411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 136, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.117 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbaa67',
    500: '#9a8824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8824;
$custom-light: #bbaa67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62522,
    "c": 0.11673,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8824

secondary

#5B6ABF

accent

#5BE543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8824

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

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