#9C8228#9C8228

#9C8228 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.110 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8228
RGB	rgb(156, 130, 40)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 74.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, 0.18, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 49.76, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% -0.0044 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.11 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0771, 23.1877, 5.3199)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8228 #28429C

analogous

#9C4828 #9C8228 #7C9C28

triadic

#9C8228 #289C82 #82289C

tetradic

#9C8228 #289C48 #28429C #9C287C

square

#9C8228 #289C48 #28429C #9C287C

split-complementary

#9C8228 #287C9C #48289C

monochromatic

#3B310F #6B591C #9C8228 #CBAA36 #D8BE67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#9C8228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#9C8228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8228

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8228	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)

#91801A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97882D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 130, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.110 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda668',
    500: '#9c8228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8228;
$custom-light: #bda668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.552,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61449,
    "c": 0.1102,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8228

secondary

#6277BE

accent

#69E245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8228

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

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