#9C8322#9C8322

#9C8322 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.115 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8322
RGB	rgb(156, 131, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.50, -0.65, 52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.50, 52.29, 90.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% -0.0075 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.115 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1166, 23.4173, 4.8681)
Luminance	0.2342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8322 #223B9C

analogous

#9C4622 #9C8322 #789C22

triadic

#9C8322 #229C83 #83229C

tetradic

#9C8322 #229C46 #223B9C #9C2278

square

#9C8322 #229C46 #223B9C #9C2278

split-complementary

#9C8322 #22789C #46229C

monochromatic

#382F0C #6A5917 #9C8322 #CEAD2D #DCC25D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#9C8322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#9C8322 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8322

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8322	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)

#92810F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 131, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.115 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda665',
    500: '#9c8322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8322;
$custom-light: #bda665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61622,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8322

secondary

#5A6FC0

accent

#63E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8322

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

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