#9C821D#9C821D

#9C821D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.117 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C821D
RGB	rgb(156, 130, 29)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 81.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, -0.29, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 53.76, 90.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.38% -0.0069 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(61.38% 0.117 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9160, 23.1232, 4.4710)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C821D #1D379C

analogous

#9C431D #9C821D #779C1D

triadic

#9C821D #1D9C82 #821D9C

tetradic

#9C821D #1D9C43 #1D379C #9C1D77

square

#9C821D #1D9C43 #1D379C #9C1D77

split-complementary

#9C821D #1D779C #431D9C

monochromatic

#352C0A #685713 #9C821D #D0AD27 #DFC354

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#9C821D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#9C821D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C821D

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C821D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C821D	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918003

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978724

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9776F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c821d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 130, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.117 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda563',
    500: '#9c821d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c821d;
$custom-light: #bda563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c821d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.717,
    "s": 68.649,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61376,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C821D

secondary

#5269C2

accent

#60EB3C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C821D

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

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