#9C8022#9C8022

#9C8022 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.113 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8022
RGB	rgb(156, 128, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, 1.02, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 51.54, 88.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.98% -0.0027 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(60.98% 0.113 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7195, 22.6231, 4.7358)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8022 #223E9C

analogous

#9C4322 #9C8022 #7B9C22

triadic

#9C8022 #229C80 #80229C

tetradic

#9C8022 #229C43 #223E9C #9C227B

square

#9C8022 #229C43 #223E9C #9C227B

split-complementary

#9C8022 #227B9C #43229C

monochromatic

#382E0C #6A5717 #9C8022 #CEA92D #DCBF5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#9C8022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#9C8022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8022

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8022	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	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)

#8F7E10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9756E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 128, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.113 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda465',
    500: '#9c8022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8022;
$custom-light: #bda465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60977,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8022

secondary

#5A71C0

accent

#67E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8022

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

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