#9C8222#9C8222

#9C8222 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.114 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8222
RGB	rgb(156, 130, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, -0.10, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 52.04, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% -0.0059 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.114 93)
XYZ	xyz(21.9829, 23.1500, 4.8236)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8222 #223C9C

analogous

#9C4522 #9C8222 #799C22

triadic

#9C8222 #229C82 #82229C

tetradic

#9C8222 #229C45 #223C9C #9C2279

square

#9C8222 #229C45 #223C9C #9C2279

split-complementary

#9C8222 #22799C #45229C

monochromatic

#382E0C #6A5817 #9C8222 #CEAC2D #DCC15D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#9C8222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#9C8222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8222

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8222	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)

#91800F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 130, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.114 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda565',
    500: '#9c8222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8222;
$custom-light: #bda565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61406,
    "c": 0.11387,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.23149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8222

secondary

#5A6FC0

accent

#64E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8222

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

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