#9C8233#9C8233

#9C8233 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.102 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8233
RGB	rgb(156, 130, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 67.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, 0.79, 45.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 45.07, 89.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.0013 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.102 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2916, 23.2735, 6.4494)
Luminance	0.2327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8233 #334D9C

analogous

#9C4D33 #9C8233 #819C33

triadic

#9C8233 #339C82 #82339C

tetradic

#9C8233 #339C4D #334D9C #9C3381

square

#9C8233 #339C4D #334D9C #9C3381

split-complementary

#9C8233 #33819C #4D339C

monochromatic

#403515 #6E5C24 #9C8233 #C3A549 #D3BC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#9C8233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#9C8233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8233

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8233	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	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)

#90802A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 130, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.102 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca66f',
    500: '#9c8233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8233;
$custom-light: #bca66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.143,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61547,
    "c": 0.1022,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8233

secondary

#7082BB

accent

#70DA4E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8233

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

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