#9C8221#9C8221

#9C8221 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.114 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8221
RGB	rgb(156, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 78.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, -0.14, 52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 52.40, 90.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% -0.0061 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.114 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9687, 23.1443, 4.7487)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8221 #213B9C

analogous

#9C4521 #9C8221 #799C21

triadic

#9C8221 #219C82 #82219C

tetradic

#9C8221 #219C45 #213B9C #9C2179

square

#9C8221 #219C45 #213B9C #9C2179

split-complementary

#9C8221 #21799C #45219C

monochromatic

#372E0C #695816 #9C8221 #CFAC2C #DCC15B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#9C8221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#9C8221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8221

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8221	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)

#91800D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.114 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda565',
    500: '#9c8221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8221;
$custom-light: #bda565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.317,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.614,
    "c": 0.11443,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8221

secondary

#586EC1

accent

#63E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8221

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

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