#9B802C#9B802C

#9B802C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.106 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B802C
RGB	rgb(155, 128, 44)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 71.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, 1.04, 47.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 47.44, 88.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% -0.0014 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.106 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6925, 22.5900, 5.6001)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B802C #2C479B

analogous

#9B482C #9B802C #7F9B2C

triadic

#9B802C #2C9B80 #802C9B

tetradic

#9B802C #2C9B48 #2C479B #9B2C7F

square

#9B802C #2C9B48 #2C479B #9B2C7F

split-complementary

#9B802C #2C7F9B #482C9B

monochromatic

#3C3111 #6B591E #9B802C #C8A63C #D5BC6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#9B802C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#9B802C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B802C

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B802C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B802C	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8756F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b802c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 128, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.106 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca46a',
    500: '#9b802c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b802c;
$custom-light: #bca46a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b802c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 55.779,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60948,
    "c": 0.10601,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B802C

secondary

#677BBC

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B802C

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

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