#9C8227#9C8227

#9C8227 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.111 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8227
RGB	rgb(156, 130, 39)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 75%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, 0.13, 50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 50.15, 89.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% -0.0047 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.111 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.0604, 23.1810, 5.2315)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8227 #27419C

analogous

#9C4827 #9C8227 #7B9C27

triadic

#9C8227 #279C82 #82279C

tetradic

#9C8227 #279C48 #27419C #9C277B

square

#9C8227 #279C48 #27419C #9C277B

split-complementary

#9C8227 #277B9C #48279C

monochromatic

#3A300F #6B591B #9C8227 #CCAA34 #D8BF65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#9C8227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#9C8227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8227

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8227	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97872C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 130, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.111 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda668',
    500: '#9c8227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8227;
$custom-light: #bda668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61442,
    "c": 0.11085,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8227

secondary

#6175BE

accent

#68E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8227

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

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