#9C822B#9C822B

#9C822B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.108 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C822B
RGB	rgb(156, 130, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 72.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, 0.33, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 48.54, 89.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% -0.0036 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.108 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1302, 23.2089, 5.5992)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C822B #2B459C

analogous

#9C4A2B #9C822B #7E9C2B

triadic

#9C822B #2B9C82 #822B9C

tetradic

#9C822B #2B9C4A #2B459C #9C2B7E

square

#9C822B #2B9C4A #2B459C #9C2B7E

split-complementary

#9C822B #2B7E9C #4A2B9C

monochromatic

#3C3211 #6C5A1E #9C822B #C9A83B #D6BE6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#9C822B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#9C822B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C822B

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C822B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C822B	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)

#90801F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c822b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 130, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.108 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda66a',
    500: '#9c822b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c822b;
$custom-light: #bda66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c822b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.195,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61473,
    "c": 0.10818,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C822B

secondary

#667ABD

accent

#6BE048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C822B

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

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