#9C8320#9C8320

#9C8320 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.116 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8320
RGB	rgb(156, 131, 32)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 79.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.49, -0.73, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.49, 53.00, 90.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% -0.0079 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.116 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0886, 23.4061, 4.7206)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8320 #20399C

analogous

#9C4520 #9C8320 #779C20

triadic

#9C8320 #209C83 #83209C

tetradic

#9C8320 #209C45 #20399C #9C2077

square

#9C8320 #209C45 #20399C #9C2077

split-complementary

#9C8320 #20779C #45209C

monochromatic

#362E0B #695816 #9C8320 #CFAE2A #DDC259

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#9C8320 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#9C8320 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8320

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8320	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8320	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92810A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8320;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 131, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.116 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda664',
    500: '#9c8320',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8320;
$custom-light: #bda664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8320",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.903,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61609,
    "c": 0.11561,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8320

secondary

#576CC1

accent

#61E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8320

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

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