#9C821E#9C821E

#9C821E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.116 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C821E
RGB	rgb(156, 130, 30)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 80.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, -0.25, 53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 53.43, 90.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.38% -0.0067 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(61.38% 0.116 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9285, 23.1282, 4.5372)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C821E #1E389C

analogous

#9C431E #9C821E #779C1E

triadic

#9C821E #1E9C82 #821E9C

tetradic

#9C821E #1E9C43 #1E389C #9C1E77

square

#9C821E #1E9C43 #1E389C #9C1E77

split-complementary

#9C821E #1E779C #431E9C

monochromatic

#352C0A #695714 #9C821E #CFAD28 #DEC256

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#9C821E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#9C821E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C821E

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C821E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C821E	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918005

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9776F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c821e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 130, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.116 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda563',
    500: '#9c821e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c821e;
$custom-light: #bda563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c821e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61382,
    "c": 0.11604,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C821E

secondary

#546BC2

accent

#61EB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C821E

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

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