#9C802A#9C802A

#9C802A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.108 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C802A
RGB	rgb(156, 128, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 73.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, 1.39, 48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 48.43, 88.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% -0.0007 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.108 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8486, 22.6748, 5.4159)
Luminance	0.2267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C802A #2A469C

analogous

#9C472A #9C802A #7F9C2A

triadic

#9C802A #2A9C80 #802A9C

tetradic

#9C802A #2A9C47 #2A469C #9C2A7F

square

#9C802A #2A9C47 #2A469C #9C2A7F

split-complementary

#9C802A #2A7F9C #472A9C

monochromatic

#3C3110 #6C581D #9C802A #CAA639 #D7BC6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#9C802A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#9C802A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C802A

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C802A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C802A	1.00	3.79	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95862E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9756F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c802a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 128, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.108 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda469',
    500: '#9c802a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c802a;
$custom-light: #bda469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c802a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.263,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61036,
    "c": 0.10765,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C802A

secondary

#657ABD

accent

#6DE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C802A

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

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