#9C8229#9C8229

#9C8229 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.110 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8229
RGB	rgb(156, 130, 41)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 73.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, 0.23, 49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 49.35, 89.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% -0.0042 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.11 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0944, 23.1946, 5.4107)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8229 #29439C

analogous

#9C4829 #9C8229 #7C9C29

triadic

#9C8229 #299C82 #82299C

tetradic

#9C8229 #299C48 #29439C #9C297C

square

#9C8229 #299C48 #29439C #9C297C

split-complementary

#9C8229 #297C9C #48299C

monochromatic

#3B3110 #6C5A1C #9C8229 #CBA938 #D7BE68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#9C8229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#9C8229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8229

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8229	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	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)

#91801C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97882E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 130, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.110 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda669',
    500: '#9c8229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8229;
$custom-light: #bda669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.435,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61457,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8229

secondary

#6378BE

accent

#69E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8229

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

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