#9C8231#9C8231

#9C8231 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.104 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8231
RGB	rgb(156, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 68.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, 0.67, 45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 45.96, 89.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% -0.0019 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.104 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2485, 23.2562, 6.2222)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8231 #314B9C

analogous

#9C4D31 #9C8231 #809C31

triadic

#9C8231 #319C82 #82319C

tetradic

#9C8231 #319C4D #314B9C #9C3180

square

#9C8231 #319C4D #314B9C #9C3180

split-complementary

#9C8231 #31809C #4D319C

monochromatic

#3F3414 #6D5B22 #9C8231 #C5A645 #D3BC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#9C8231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#9C8231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8231

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8231	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.104 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca66d',
    500: '#9c8231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8231;
$custom-light: #bca66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.421,
    "s": 52.195,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61527,
    "c": 0.10378,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8231

secondary

#6D80BB

accent

#6FDC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8231

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

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