#9C8121#9C8121

#9C8121 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.114 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8121
RGB	rgb(156, 129, 33)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 78.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, 0.42, 52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 52.15, 89.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% -0.0045 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.114 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8363, 22.8796, 4.7046)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8121 #213C9C

analogous

#9C4321 #9C8121 #7A9C21

triadic

#9C8121 #219C81 #81219C

tetradic

#9C8121 #219C43 #213C9C #9C217A

square

#9C8121 #219C43 #213C9C #9C217A

split-complementary

#9C8121 #217A9C #43219C

monochromatic

#372D0C #695716 #9C8121 #CFAB2C #DCC05B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#9C8121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#9C8121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8121

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8121	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9766F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 129, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.114 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda564',
    500: '#9c8121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8121;
$custom-light: #bda564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61185,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8121

secondary

#586FC1

accent

#65E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8121

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

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