#9C802B#9C802B

#9C802B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.107 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C802B
RGB	rgb(156, 128, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 72.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, 1.45, 47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 48.01, 88.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% -0.0004 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.107 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.8667, 22.6820, 5.5114)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C802B #2B479C

analogous

#9C482B #9C802B #809C2B

triadic

#9C802B #2B9C80 #802B9C

tetradic

#9C802B #2B9C48 #2B479C #9C2B80

square

#9C802B #2B9C48 #2B479C #9C2B80

split-complementary

#9C802B #2B809C #482B9C

monochromatic

#3C3111 #6C591E #9C802B #C9A63B #D6BC6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#9C802B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#9C802B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C802B

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C802B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C802B	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95862F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9756F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c802b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 128, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.107 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda46a',
    500: '#9c802b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c802b;
$custom-light: #bda46a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c802b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.133,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61044,
    "c": 0.10696,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C802B

secondary

#667BBD

accent

#6DE048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C802B

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

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