#9C822A#9C822A

#9C822A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.109 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C822A
RGB	rgb(156, 130, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 73.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, 0.28, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 48.95, 89.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% -0.0039 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.109 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1120, 23.2016, 5.5037)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C822A #2A449C

analogous

#9C492A #9C822A #7D9C2A

triadic

#9C822A #2A9C82 #822A9C

tetradic

#9C822A #2A9C49 #2A449C #9C2A7D

square

#9C822A #2A9C49 #2A449C #9C2A7D

split-complementary

#9C822A #2A7D9C #492A9C

monochromatic

#3C3210 #6C5A1D #9C822A #CAA939 #D7BE6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#9C822A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#9C822A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C822A

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C822A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C822A	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)

#90801D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97882F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c822a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 130, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.109 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda669',
    500: '#9c822a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c822a;
$custom-light: #bda669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c822a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.316,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61465,
    "c": 0.10886,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C822A

secondary

#6579BD

accent

#6AE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C822A

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

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